Many employers struggle with creating an ideal employee leave process that is compliant and easy for employees to understand. I recently discussed this with Brandon Casten, Cigna’s Group Life & Disability Insurance Executive, and he provided insights into the elements of an employee leave/absence management...
Serving our community is paramount at Fallon Benefits Group. We have a community service committee whose focus is to drive our involvement throughout the year in a variety of ways. Our team comes together once a year to support the Atlanta community in a special way....
FBG presents innovative and useful benefits to our clients regularly because we recognize their importance to the recruitment and retention of employees. In 2017, Harvard Business Review conducted research to support the significance of a robust health and welfare program. HBR surveyed over 2,000 employees and...
I’m a podcast junkie. I find that listening to varied content from economic updates to murder mysteries makes my commute less stressful. Recently, I listened to a podcast featuring Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project. If you aren’t familiar with Gretchen and her work,...
When employees join FBG, one of the forms we ask them to complete is called 'Top 3s.' This questionnaire requests some of the most important feedback we can receive from a new team member: their preferences. Some of the items employees share include his or...
It seems that this year’s flu season is markedly worse than past years. In the workplace, it can be especially difficult to manage. Fortunately, the CDC provides excellent guidance to manage the spread of the flu in the office. You may want to consider posting...
For many companies, the open enrollment period occurs at the end of the calendar year. Scheduling employee meetings, designing communication materials, and transitioning to plan changes are among the items FBG works with your HR team to complete. As the new year starts, your employees...
Our employees are the heart and soul of our company. We treat them like family because we’ve become family, and that extends to those our employees love most. You’re likely offering benefits to family members, but how else are you letting your employees know how...
If you perused a newspaper, magazine, or social media platform in the past few months, you likely saw at least one article regarding harassment in the workplace. Individuals are coming forward to report inappropriate behavior, and the media is quick to ink the stories. Your...
Greetings, and welcome to FBGtalks. I figure it makes sense for our first blog post to discuss the road that led to creating FBG’s values. In order for you to get to know us, our style, and our foundation, our values are the perfect place...