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Comparing prepaid cards, marketplaces, and card-connected wellness benefits
Finding the right lifestyle spending account (LSA) solution for your workforce is stressful. For People Teams investing in wellness benefits, there are countless tools and platforms, few of which will actually meet their workforce’s needs and expectations. Here are the factors to consider when introducing or changing your LSA, along...

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How to keep your pets happy and healthy
According to the American Pet Products Association, Americans spent $136.8 billion on their pets in 2022. Dog owners spent an annual average of $1,230 on their pets in 2022, while cat owners spent an average of $750. The growing popularity of pets is one of the main reasons for an ongoing increase in pet spending. Our furry friends...

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Our favorite wellness products of 2022
The wellness space can feel saturated and overwhelming, with tons of choices but also lots of important discoveries and research. As a wellness benefits platform used by 20,000+ professionals, we have front-row seats to the industry. I asked my team to share their favorite wellness products in 2022 as inspiration for our community. Here's...

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How to keep your body healthy and happy while working from home
In a survey of 25,000 Americans in spring 2022, Ipsos and McKinsey found that 58 percent of respondents reported having the opportunity to work from home at least one day a week and 35 percent of respondents report having the option to work from home five days a week. But these preferences to work from home, don’t come without...

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How to eat healthy and stay productive while WFH
For employees still working from home, an ongoing challenge has been the need to continue replacing in-office meals and snacks themselves. Rising costs combined with an increasing demand for healthier meals presents an opportunity for forward-thinking employers. Many workers struggle to find the time or budget to buy and prepare meals...

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Modern alternatives to Wex for Lifestyle Spending Accounts (LSAs)
Lifestyle Spending Accounts (LSAs) are a broad category of benefits that have exploded in popularity amongst forward-thinking employers recently. Insurance brokers and consultants are increasingly asked by clients to create RFPs and find solutions for administering LSAs, and should be wary about recommending legacy vendors like WageWorks...

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Comparing pre-tax and taxable wellness benefits
Wellness benefits – from HSAs to gym reimbursements and everything in between – are an increasingly popular aspect of compensation packages. In order to compete effectively, People Teams and Finance Teams must understand how wellness benefits work from a compliance and implementation standpoint. Generally speaking when it comes...

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How to design wellness benefits that your workforce actually uses and appreciates
As an increasing number of employees experience stress and burnout, many organizations determined that investing in wellness is a top priority for improving their overall compensation and retention strategies. Unfortunately, some well-intentioned People Teams have been frustrated by trying to design a generous and inclusive wellness...

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How to budget and calculate the ROI for wellness benefits
People Teams seeking to budget for and invest in wellness benefits must know how to make a compelling case internally. Fortunately, there’s now overwhelming evidence for the ROI of wellness benefits along with a number of other initiatives that can be safely scaled back for cost-savings due to remote work. Salary isn’t enough...

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Spot bonuses or wellness benefits? How to create better compensation and win the war for talent
People Teams frequently ask us for recommendations for attracting and retaining top talent. Should they initiate Summer Fridays or a #kudos channel on Slack? How about spot bonuses and wellness benefits? A record number of employees are quitting their jobs. Combine that with the long-term “skills mismatch” problem and it’s no...
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