Total Rewards Statements: Combating Burnout, Mental Health Struggles, and Promoting Work-Life Balance
Key Takeaways: Total rewards statements (TRS) help combat employee burnout by clearly outlining the full scope of compensation and wellness benefits. By highlighting mental health resources, wellness programs, and work-life balance initiatives, total rewards statements can reduce stress and enhance overall employee well-being. Transparent communication through total rewards statements fosters trust and demonstrates that employers…
Why Employees Want Total Rewards Statements: Insights from Modernizing Total Rewards
Key Takeaways: Employees are looking for clarity and transparency in their total compensation packages. Total rewards statements help employees understand the full value of their benefits, beyond just salary. A unified approach to compensation drives employee satisfaction, trust, and engagement. Across industries and job functions, employees want a full, transparent view of their total compensation—the…
Why Clear Communication Drives Employee Engagement
Key Takeaways: Total rewards communications offer a unified view of an employee’s full compensation, driving clarity and trust. A compartmented benefits strategy often leads to fragmented understanding, making it harder for employees to appreciate their full compensation package. Clear, holistic communication through total rewards communications boosts employee engagement, satisfaction, and long-term loyalty. In today’s workplace,…
Eliminating Rising Employee Concerns & Stress with the Help of Total Rewards Statements
Key Takeaways: Total rewards statements (TRS) increase transparency and trust by clearly outlining the full scope of employee compensation. By focusing on various aspects of well-being, a TRS helps address specific employee concerns such as health, mental wellness, and financial security. Total rewards statements reduce financial anxiety by showing employees how compensation contributes to their…
HR Trends in 2025: Shaping the Future with Technology and Personalized Experiences
Key Takeaways: Advancement of HR Technology: In 2025, HR leaders will adopt more advanced technologies to optimize HR processes and deliver highly personalized experiences for employees, especially in communicating total rewards. Employee-Centric Rewards Strategies: Total rewards programs will further expand to emphasize well-being, career growth, and flexibility, requiring more tailored and effective communication to resonate…
How Supporting Your Employees Can Build MVPs
Congrats to the Los Angeles Dodgers, who won the 2024 World Series by beating the Yankees in five games. There is at least one workplace takeaway from this year’s Fall Classic (I wrote about three workplace lessons back in 2019 when the team I root for – the Nationals – won the World Series). This…
Employers Continue to Absorb Rising Health Insurance Costs
KFF recently issued its 2024 Employer Health Survey and – to the surprise of nobody – found that annual premiums for employer-provided health insurance shot up yet again in the past year, rising 7%. What is interesting, however, is that the share paid by workers was little changed; in fact, according to KFF, the premiums…
4 Trends in HR that Highlight the Importance of Total Rewards Stories
Key takeaways: Employees increasingly expect comprehensive total rewards packages that go beyond basic salary, requiring employers to clearly communicate their total rewards stories to their teams. There’s a growing demand for customized rewards statements that reflect individual needs and benefits, helping employees understand how their benefits align with their personal and professional goals. Transparent total…
Giving Workers What They Want
As workers continue to be well-positioned in a strong economy with low unemployment, employers are strategizing about how best to recruit and retain a strong, stable workforce. Many employers will be tempted to use gimmicks that were first made popular years ago among trendy tech firms– think ping pong tables and free snacks. But in…
Total Compensation Statements Help Employers Recruit and Retain Top Talent
A recent article in Employee Benefit News notes that U.S. companies continue to be cautious when it comes to handing out raises and bonuses. But in today’s environment of historically low unemployment, employers still need to compete in order to recruit and retain top talent. One tactic they are embracing is improving their benefits offerings. Unfortunately for…