Alaxandra Marvar, As the coronavirus pandemic ramped up in mid-March, U.S. employers began to worry that their employee healthcare costs would skyrocket. Meanwhile, telemedicine, which before the novel coronavirus was already being seen as a possible cost-cutting measure in employee health coverage, was poised for an explosion. In short time, major insurers began eliminating co-pays for telemedicine, telehealth companies began to see “meteoric...

Alaxandra Marvar, Even on a good day, more than half of U.S. workers are unhappy in their jobs. During the coronavirus pandemic, recent studies reveal that percentage is even higher.  Now, as more companies are offering their employees the option to work from home "indefinitely," managers, HR and business owners are forced to consider this caveat: Studies have found that remote workers tend to be more disengaged and harder to retain. Other...