Using benefits plans to mitigate the employee mental health crisis

Tackling mental health issues has taken on greater urgency as more people suffer from conditions such as stress, anxiety, depression and substance abuse.
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Employees need a variety of personalized benefits

According to our survey, many employees who are most in need of health and well-being support from their employer are the least likely to be able to access them.
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Singapore Health & Benefits International Medical Study 2021

Covering more than 5,800 employees from 104 employers, the Singapore Health & Benefits International Medical study compares data across five major industries to provide a snapshot of IMP limits for six modules.

Upgrade your employee benefits to retain top talent

Today’s employees need more than insurance and retirement plans to stay with your company. That is why to retain top talent, forward-thinking companies are altering their employee benefits plans and retention strategies.

Coronavirus

Vaccine Passports: What Employers Need to Know

Employers across many different industries are weighing the possibility of using passports for employees coming back to the office, meeting in person with clients, travelling for business, and so on.

Your insurance policy covering based overseas during the covid-19 pandemic?

While many employees have access to corporate medical plans, too often, many real costs are passed on to individuals who are not adequately covered.
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Digital Health Solutions - Employee Wellbeing in the New Shape of Work

The health and resilience of your people leads to the health and resilience of your business. See tools and strategies for designing creative, digital and flexible benefits for a happy and energized workforce.
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Turning health risk into value: well-being

The global COVID-19 pandemic has given HR and benefits professionals the opportunity to reinvent health and well-being plans – turning caring into a competitive advantage.
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Keeping health and benefit plan costs under control

Digital health solutions can help employers address a wide range of health and well-being needs, and enhance the employee’s experience. Here are five examples.
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Managing people risks through employee benefit plans – COVID-19

Employee benefit plans can be a critical component of risk strategies while supporting firm-wide goals for community and social responsibility.

Asia Healthy Minds at Work assessment

Healthy Minds at Work is a unique, theory-based approach to assess and address psycho-social risk (and safety) in the workplace.
COVID-19 series

Time to review your employee medical and support programs

Three ways to strengthen and increase support. International private medical insurance, telemedicine, and employee assistance program.
Health & Benefits

Managing Novel Coronavirus Risk

The impacts from a potentially worsening Wuhan coronavirus outbreak to your business could be severe, but taking these steps now can help you better prepare, plan, and protect people and operations.
Healthy people = Healthy business

The Changing State of Health Benefits in Asia

The increasing mobility of the workforce and hiring of expatriate talent has profound implications on the extent of health coverage companies provide.
Healthy people = Healthy business

Singapore Employers Need to Rethink Health and Benefits Programs

To successfully hire skilled international talent in Singapore, companies must look beyond local health coverage plans for their employees
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Singapore bosses pledge to champion employees' mental well-being

Leaders in Singapore signed a joint pledge committing to champion and prioritise mental well-being within their organisations and the wider Singapore workforce.
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2019 Singapore Health Forum – Video and Photo Highlights

Distinguished keynote speaker and Nominated Member of Parliament, Anthea Ong, gave an inspiring speech on Mental Health and whether as a nation are we doing enough, and what organizations and employers can do to make a difference.

Singapore Health & Benefits International Medical Study 2019

Companies that opt for international medical plans are able to better address the needs of their increasingly regional and mobile workforce
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How to provide healthcare plans that matter

Employees want to work for an organisation that considers their needs and helps them be healthy. What is worrying, though, is that less than one-third of employees said that their employer focuses on their health and wellness.
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How to be an inclusive employer

About one in seven people in Singapore admitted that they had experienced mental illness at some point in their life, according to the Singapore Mental Health Study.

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How Mercer transformed a top Singapore university’s benefits program (case study)

Modernizing the way to share benefits through innovative programs is vital to providing employees with the tools to build and manage their benefits portfolio.
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HRD Asia - Future of work: How to prepare silver workers

...job redesign can help organisations prepare their workers to embrace new technology and future-proof their skills. This can improve productivity, workforce optimization, and ideally employee well-being.

MMB Health Trends: 2020 Insurer perspective

Medical trends have outpaced general inflation by close to three times for the past number of years, and this year a new factor came into play: the global COVID-19 pandemic. Find out what's driving medical costs up this year.

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Aging workforce cost and productivity challenges

The Singapore workforce is aging rapidly. Between 2016 and 2030, employees aged over 50 will be the fastest growing demographic and their number is projected to increase by 55 percent, representing 40 percent of the workforce

Benefits Under The Lens

Targeted, meaningful, and cost-effective employee benefits serve as a competitive differentiator and support your organization’s business goals/objectives.

Creating Employee Benefits That Drive Engagement

The key to developing and delivering benefits that engage employees and enhance their health is to apply a “design thinking” approach that starts with an understanding of your employees’ specific pain points.
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Three Personas Every HR Leader Must Embrace

International medical costs increased by an average of 9.5% in 2017, almost three times the estimated inflation rate. The rising costs associated with healthcare are a pressing concern for HR leaders with a need for resources, policies and practices

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