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…
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…
Over breakfast the other day with a CEO friend of mine we were discussing the ongoing challenge of recruiting and retaining good employees. As we were chatting, I showed him a few examples of total compensation statements that RewardsFocus had recently delivered; he commented on how necessary these communications are since so many employees just…
We are very excited to announce the launch of RewardsFocus. While we remain a part of Charlton Consulting Group (and Charlton Consulting Group will continue to focus on providing custom cloud-based applications for compensation and benefits), RewardsFocus will concentrate exclusively on helping employers tell their total rewards stories to their workforces. We believe this is…