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Today’s employees have a wider variety of professional options than at any point in history. In 2021, 51% of U.S. employees were actively seeking new job opportunities as a result of burnout, the accessibility of remote work, and collective disruptions driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, high-performing employees now can exert greater control over the job market, where demand for leading professionals outweighs supply.

As recently as 2020, 43.4% of U.S. adults ages 19 to 64 were “inadequately insured,” The Commonwealth Fund reports, where roughly one-quarter of adults with employer-provided health plans were underinsured.  Innovative health benefits therefore can turn the heads of workers fed up with the shortcomings of traditional health insurance.

Rising healthcare costs are on the minds of both existing and potential employees. Health benefits therefore factor into workers’ employment decisions more than ever before. And while financial compensation is always important, workers are increasingly balancing competitive salaries with desirable health and wellness benefits, among others.

As an employer, adopting and advertising competitive health benefits is an effective tool for employee recruitment and retention. Companies that approach health and other benefits in a strategic way have above-average recruitment and retention rates, SHRM reports. With this in mind, innovative health benefits plan design can become a differentiator for employers looking to attract and retain top talent.

In the United States, even employees with employer-sponsored health insurance struggle to access or pay for basic primary care. The upfront costs of healthcare make annual and preventative healthcare cost-prohibitive for financially vulnerable employees.

We hope you were able to join us for our most recent Virtual Town Hall session, featuring retirement benefits expert Renee Shew, Vice President of Mutual America Financial Group. Renee gave us an incredibly dynamic overview of why it’s so critical that you invest in the financial wellness of your workforce, and she shared tools, strategies and resources to help you boost the financial security of your employees.

Join us for our next virtual town hall on October 29th at 10am PT featuring retirement benefits expert Renee Shew, Vice President of Mutual America Financial Group. With an estimated 27% of Americans surveyed have recently had to tap into their retirement savings to offset financial hardship due to COVID-19, the pandemic is having a significant impact on employee financial health. Renee will share tools and resources to mitigate this threat to your employees’ financial future.

We hope you were able to join our most recent town hall, where we discussed real-life stories of incredible health benefits savings from our friends Angie Rodriguez, Director of Human Services for East Harlem Council for Human Services and Mitch Austin, Human Resources and Compliance Director for Gateway Residential Services.

Be sure to join Derreck Smith, Senior Marketing Manager of Nonstop and Erik Daley, CFA, retirement benefits expert and managing principal for the Multnomah Group on July 30th at 10AM PST for a 30 minute town hall conversation showcasing strategies to help your employees repair and strengthen their retirement benefits portfolio in this time of economic uncertainty.

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services¹, only twelve (12%) percent of adults in the United States have proficient healthcare literacy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines health literacy or healthcare literacy as "the degree to which an individual has a capacity to obtain, communicate, process, and understand basic health information and services to make appropriate health decisions."² The expenses of improperly accessed healthcare negatively impact both the individual and the overall cost of healthcare premiums, adding to expense for your organization as well.