In 2024 the projected increase in health benefit cost is 6.6% before plan changes and 5.4% after plan changes. This session will review a host of cost control strategies to get your organization to consider how to handle your health plan renewal. Many strategies will focus on understanding utilization, cost barriers, and situations that are driving increases in many organizations. Join Sue Mathiesen, Nate Lundsten, and Denise Sherwood as they discuss strategies for managing the costs associated with your healthcare plan. We are pleased to offer (3) three in-person sessions for this event.

Mental Health First Aid is a training course designed to give individuals key skills to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. Just as CPR helps a layperson without medical training assist an individual following a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid training helps a layperson assist someone experiencing a mental health crisis. The evidence behind Mental Health First Aid demonstrates that it makes people feel more comfortable managing a crisis situation and builds mental health literacy – helping the public identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness. Those who trained in Mental Health First Aid have greater confidence in providing help to others, greater likelihood of advising people to seek professional help and decreased stigmatizing attitudes.

Take your well-being strategy to the next level! eMMpower Your Well-Being is our new quarterly webinar series designed to: • Help you navigate the tools and resources available to support your organization’s well-being efforts • Give you an in-depth understanding of various well-being topics and best practices • Provide you with an opportunity to ask questions and connect with like-minded peers In this session, we will provide an overview of self-service tools and then discuss best practices and trends related to wellness funds. We will also reserve about 15 minutes at the end of the presentation for participants to ask their employee well-being related questions and share best practices with other industry members.

Mental Health First Aid is a training course designed to give individuals key skills to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. Just as CPR helps a layperson without medical training assist an individual following a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid training helps a layperson assist someone experiencing a mental health crisis. The evidence behind Mental Health First Aid demonstrates that it makes people feel more comfortable managing a crisis situation and builds mental health literacy – helping the public identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness. Those who trained in Mental Health First Aid have greater confidence in providing help to others, greater likelihood of advising people to seek professional help and decreased stigmatizing attitudes.

Empathy is the ability to understand another person’s thoughts and feelings, from their view, rather than your own. When empathy is practiced in an organization, trust is strengthened, customer service is increased, and communication is enhanced. Learning objectives: o Defining key terms, including psychological safety and discussing the difference between empathy and sympathy o Exploring the impact of empathy in the workplace o Discovering ways to increase empathy

It is no secret that sponsoring a Retirement Plan for your employees is a challenge. Administratively and legislatively sponsors and their teams are stretched thin. Tune in to our webinar with leading industry experts to stay ahead of the game and offer a compelling plan for employees.

Mental Health First Aid is a training course designed to give individuals key skills to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. Just as CPR helps a layperson without medical training assist an individual following a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid training helps a layperson assist someone experiencing a mental health crisis. The evidence behind Mental Health First Aid demonstrates that it makes people feel more comfortable managing a crisis situation and builds mental health literacy – helping the public identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness. Those who trained in Mental Health First Aid have greater confidence in providing help to others, greater likelihood of advising people to seek professional help and decreased stigmatizing attitudes.

Sponsoring employee benefit plans adds a substantial amount of responsibility and potential liability to an employer. It is not limited to the Affordable Care Act and it can be daunting to understand all the compliance responsibilities different laws add to the plate of Human Resources. Join Sue Mathiesen for Back to Basics: Compliance Check Up, to review many of the compliance/administrative activities that may hit your plan throughout the year. Sue will provide a high-level review of key legislation, requirements not to overlook, and some tricky administrative issues to keep your eye on every year.

With four generations coexisting in today’s workplace, employers are tasked with managing each cohort’s unique expectations and needs. Developing an informed, holistic understanding of what each group wants will allow leaders to create an environment where all employees can thrive together. Generation Z is unique from their generational counterparts in that they are vocal about wanting more from their employers when it comes to work-life balance and benefits. In fact, 61% of generation Z workers would consider changing jobs for better mental health benefits.

This is part of the Advanced IIPP seminar series, each of which will provide you with a deep-dive into the 9 elements required for an effective IIPP. The focus of this seminar includes the value of investigating incidents as a key component of an effective IIPP. A properly executed accident/incident investigation drives to the root causes of the workplace accident to prevent a repeat occurrence. A good accident/incident investigation process includes identifying the investigation team, establishing/reviewing written procedures, identifying root causes and tracking of all safety hazards found to completion. Such information is critical to preventing and controlling hazards and potential incidents.