Employee engagement

July 15, 2025

Want to improve employee retention? Start with women’s and family health support

Explore why women's and family health benefits are essential tools for building employee engagement and reducing turnover, and how they should be a pivotal component of employee retention strategies.

December 5, 2024

Supporting employees' mental health: A guide for HR leaders

Now more than ever, HR leaders have a key role in promoting mental health at work by implementing robust mental health support for employees. Here's what you need to know about building better mental health support at your organization.

December 3, 2024

Struggling with remote employee engagement? 5 strategies that actually work

Remote work is here to stay, making remote employees a critical population to engage. Read on for strategies to drive better remote employee engagement.

October 29, 2024

Manager training: HR’s secret weapon to drive benefits engagement

Many companies overlook their secret weapon in driving benefits engagement: Managers. Learn how you can use manager training to foster a culture of care and support while increasing benefits utilization.

May 31, 2024

Unlocking employee engagement: The role of benefits and beyond

Unlock employee engagement by enhancing benefits and more. Discover how comprehensive benefits, especially women's and family health benefits, drive growth, innovation, and loyalty.

May 29, 2024

Redefining wellness: Innovative employee healthcare programs for today's workforce

Explore innovative healthcare programs designed to meet today's workforce needs and discover how holistic approaches and technology enhance employee wellbeing and business success.

March 14, 2024

Exploring the benefits of employee recognition programs: Strategies and impacts

Discover the transformative power of employee recognition programs on performance, engagement, and culture in our comprehensive guide.

February 14, 2024

10 strategies to increase employee engagement

Discover 10 effective strategies to increase employee engagement and boost workplace productivity in our comprehensive guide.

November 3, 2023

Employee engagement programs: A 9-step checklist for success

Have you considered investing in employee engagement programs? Good news: we took the guesswork out of the process. From program benefits to an overview of the programs you can implement, here is your guide to employee engagement programs.

October 10, 2023

Improving retention and recruitment: The power of employee benefit schemes

Employee benefit schemes play a growing role in today's workplace. Here’s what HR leaders should know about the different types of employee benefit programs and how they will impact your business.

September 13, 2023

Understanding work-life balance in tech: How to better support parents & parents-to-be

Tech companies can support their working parents by providing them with the resources they need to balance the demands of their home life with those in the office. Here’s what tech employers need to know about improving work-life balance.

September 5, 2023

Navigating employee maternity benefits in the UK: A guide for HR leaders

Discover how HR teams can utilise employee maternity benefits to foster a positive workplace culture and better support working parents and parents-to-be beyond maternity leave.

January 25, 2023

Workplace survivor syndrome: 6 ways to support employees retained after company layoffs

One group often gets overlooked during layoffs: those employees who remain.

December 1, 2022

How to open up about menopause at work

Learn how you can speak up about menopause in the workplace.

June 28, 2022

Should your company offer fertility leave? HR leaders weigh in

Offering paid fertility leave can have several positive benefits for your company, including improved employee loyalty, engagement, and retention.

June 17, 2022

Working dads need more mental health support: How employers can help

While the recent trend of candid discussions about mental health has brought the topic into the spotlight, data suggests one group is still not accessing the mental health care they need: fathers.

January 13, 2022

The healthcare benefits millennials and Gen-Z workers actually want

The next generations of parents are rethinking family life and planning — and they'll need benefits to support them.

December 28, 2021

Supporting new parents and employees returning from maternity leave at work

Facilitating the transition back to work can help you improve your company's retention of talented new parents and ensure they don't have to choose between raising children and doing their job. Here's how to support new parents.

May 27, 2021

That inarticulable grief about the state of the world has a name — and employers should know it

That dread you feel from the weight of the world? It has a name: disenfranchised guilt and vicarious trauma. And if you're feeling it, your employees are too - here's how you can help.

January 22, 2021

Supporting parents, managing mental health & engaging employees through crisis: Q&A with The Hartford’s Director of Wellness Judy Gordon

Judy Gordon, Director of Wellness at The Hartford, shares learnings from navigating employees’ needs and best practices for the coming year for engaging employees virtually.

January 21, 2021

“Once-in-100-year opportunity”: Danaher and SoFi give Conference Board keynote on designing family benefits for lasting impact

Highlights and key takeaways from Danaher’s Health & Welfare Benefits Manager Amy Broghammer and SoFi’s Director of Benefits Debbie Westover from The Conference Board.

December 8, 2020

Four proven strategies to retain women in the workforce

43% of women leave their careers within one year of having a baby, and COVID-19 has led to an exodus of women leaving their jobs. Employers need proven strategies to retain women through this crisis, and beyond.

August 4, 2020

Maven insights: What our engagement data tells us about what fathers need

In this Maven Insights series, we discuss the importance of supporting men on their path to fatherhood, highlighting the need for mental health care and more.

July 13, 2020

Designing a supportive workplace for parents during COVID-19 and beyond

We’re over 100 days into the pandemic and as the world of work, childcare, schools, and more change every day, working parents are shouldering a lot.

January 8, 2020

Career site Fairygodboss talks family benefits with The Hartford

For many of you, the start of a new year means new benefits policies and new laws to set the stage for supporting and retaining employees and attracting talent in the year ahead.

September 20, 2019

BuzzFeed talks empowering employees on any path to parenthood

Supporting working parents with innovative family benefits took center stage earlier this month at the National Business Group on Health (NBGH) Workforce Strategy 2019 conference in San Diego.

August 29, 2019

Maven Insights: What provider engagement tells us about our care

Did You Know? An engaged Maven member sees more than 5 provider types in Maven’s network, on average. Why this matters

August 5, 2019

The link between family wellness benefits and employee productivity

For every $100 that one company spent on its wellness programs, it earned $176 in employee productivity—a return on investment of 76.3%.

June 18, 2019

The Chicago Tribune reveals why more and more companies are investing in sleep consultants

Generations of new parents have learned the hard way that a baby who wakes up every couple of hours, crying to be held or fed, makes it impossible to get sufficient sleep at night.

June 14, 2019

When companies invest in career coaching for new parents, everyone wins

Consider the statistic you may be well aware of by now: 43% of women with children leave careers or off-ramp for a period of time. Often, these women leave reluctantly, because staying in their jobs become challenging or even impossible.

April 2, 2019

Healthcare solutions for millennial families

Millennials make up more than a quarter of the country’s population and outnumber baby boomers by a staggering 8 million, according to the U.S. Census. Defined as anyone born between 1982 and 2000, millennials are approaching 37 years old