Closes in 10 seconds skip ×

How gamification and zombies motivate employees to get fit

By combining entertaining game design with new approaches to behavioral health, FIX Health’s “The Outbreak” app encourages employees to compete with teammates to up their daily step count and weekly exercise minutes.
Benefits and Compensation

Top Stories

Student debt: A $1.6 trillion problem
Benefits and Compensation

Large employers set sights on paid leave
Benefits and Compensation

Subscribe to receive newsletters from HR Executive
HR Technology

What’s Keeping HR Up at Night in 2020?
HR Leadership

Pivoting, questioning and always learning: Amy Cappellanti-Wolf
HR Leadership

HR Tech

How digital health solutions can boost retention
Benefits and Compensation

Industry experts break down the Ultimate-Kronos mega-merger
HR Technology

Ultimate, Kronos join in major HCM merger
HR Technology

Tech spend rising, but adoption challenges remain
HR Technology

Are you an HR Tech Influencer?
HR Technology

More StoriesView All

Survey: Upskilling is needed, but employers continue to lag

Most organizations are still struggling to make upskilling a reality.
Tom Starner, a Philadelphia-based freelance writer, has been covering HR and its component parts for more than two decades. View Article
Tom Starner
Mon Feb 3rd, 2020 | 3 min read

Expect more chatbots and voice-activated HR systems in 2020

Workplace technology continues to enhance human and machine interaction.
Carol Patton is a contributing editor for HRE who also writes HR articles and columns for business and education magazines. She can be reached at hreletters@lrp.com. View Article
Carol Patton
Fri Jan 31st, 2020 | 2 min read

Insights from a CHRO: Harvard Law School's Roxanne Armbruster

Roxanne Armbruster on her journey from the Coast Guard to Harvard Law School

Carol Patton is a contributing editor for HRE who also writes HR articles and columns for business and education magazines. She can be reached at hreletters@lrp.com. View Article
Carol Patton
Tue Feb 4th, 2020 | 3 min read

Next #HBLChat to explore importance of employee benefits, communication

Join us Feb. 26 for a live chat with Segal Benz on benefits communication and education.
Nick Otto is HRE’s senior digital editor. He is a professional communicator with more than a decade of demonstrated accomplishments in newspaper and trade publishing. He has spent the past five years covering the employee benefits space and holds bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida. He can be reached at notto@lrp.com or follow him on twitter @Ottografs. View Article
Nick Otto
Fri Jan 31st, 2020 | 2 min read

Joan Lunden calls on Congress to support paid family leave

“We are in the middle of a caregiving crisis,” the HBLC headliner says.
Kathryn Mayer is HRE’s benefits editor and chair of the Health & Benefits Leadership Conference. She has covered benefits for the better part of a decade, and her stories have won multiple awards, including a Jesse H. Neal Award and honors from the American Society of Business Publication Editors and the National Federation of Press Women. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Denver. She can be reached at kmayer@lrp.com. View Article
Kathryn Mayer
Thu Jan 30th, 2020 | 2 min read

Insights from a CHRO: Milwaukee Bucks' Kelly Kauffman

The HR exec brought the Bucks out of administrative chaos by building its HR team from the ground up.
Michael J. O’Brien is former web editor with Human Resource Executive®. View Article
Michael J. O'Brien
Wed Jan 29th, 2020 | 3 min read

Unum ups adoption assistance to $25,000

The insurance company’s benefit boost is its latest effort to help working parents.
Kathryn Mayer is HRE’s benefits editor and chair of the Health & Benefits Leadership Conference. She has covered benefits for the better part of a decade, and her stories have won multiple awards, including a Jesse H. Neal Award and honors from the American Society of Business Publication Editors and the National Federation of Press Women. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Denver. She can be reached at kmayer@lrp.com. View Article
Kathryn Mayer
Tue Jan 28th, 2020 | 2 min read

How employers can avoid ‘occupational sorting’ by women

Studies reveal that professional women sometimes inflict typecasting and hold back on themselves, a trend that one attorney is trying to change.
Tom Starner, a Philadelphia-based freelane writer, has been reporting on HR and its component parts for more than two decades. View Article
Tom Starner
Tue Jan 28th, 2020 | 3 min read

Is it time for a culture check-up?

Organizations are increasingly recognizing that culture is far more than just a buzzword.

Julie Cook Ramirez is a Rockford, Ill.-based journalist and copywriter, covering all aspects of human resources. View Article
Julie Cook Ramirez
Mon Jan 27th, 2020 | 9 min read

Employers turn to new benefit to snuff e-cigarette epidemic

With vaping on the rise, employers are stepping up to help workers—and their children—quit.
Kathryn Mayer is HRE’s benefits editor and chair of the Health & Benefits Leadership Conference. She has covered benefits for the better part of a decade. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Denver. She can be reached at kmayer@lrp.com. View Article
Kathryn Mayer
Fri Jan 3rd, 2020 | 7 min read

Why introverts struggle to climb the corporate ladder

Leadership positions often go to extroverts, even though they're in the minority.
Maura C. Ciccarelli is a freelance writer and marketing communications consultant based in the Philadelphia, Pa., area. She writes for Human Resource Executive® magazine about HR trends on best practices, talent development, healthcare and benefits, technology, legal issues and more. View Article
Maura C. Ciccarelli
Fri Jan 24th, 2020 | 2 min read

The ‘extremely simple’ benefit you should be offering employees

Employers should encourage workers to split deposits so they can save money, one expert says. (And yes, employers can contribute, too!)

Kathryn Mayer is HRE’s benefits editor and chair of the Health & Benefits Leadership Conference. She has covered benefits for the better part of a decade, and her stories have won multiple awards, including a Jesse H. Neal Award and honors from the American Society of Business Publication Editors and the National Federation of Press Women. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Denver. She can be reached at kmayer@lrp.com. View Article
Kathryn Mayer
Thu Jan 23rd, 2020 | 4 min read

Nonprofit rolls out student loan benefit, adding to growing trend

Northern Rivers Family of Services hopes the perk will help them recruit and retain talent.
Kathryn Mayer is HRE’s benefits editor and chair of the Health & Benefits Leadership Conference. She has covered benefits for the better part of a decade, and her stories have won multiple awards, including a Jesse H. Neal Award and honors from the American Society of Business Publication Editors and the National Federation of Press Women. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Denver. She can be reached at kmayer@lrp.com. View Article
Kathryn Mayer
Mon Dec 23rd, 2019 | 2 min read

‘Random acts of wellness’ don’t work. Here’s what does

Employers need to fully commit and embrace the programs to make them successful, says one doctor.
Kathryn Mayer is HRE’s benefits editor and chair of the Health & Benefits Leadership Conference. She has covered benefits for the better part of a decade, and her stories have won multiple awards, including a Jesse H. Neal Award and honors from the American Society of Business Publication Editors and the National Federation of Press Women. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Denver. She can be reached at kmayer@lrp.com. View Article
Kathryn Mayer
Wed Jan 22nd, 2020 | 3 min read

ColumnistsView All

Josh Bersin: Performance and rewards in the future of work

Everyone is a leader in the future of work, and it is important in 2020 that we redefine what leaders do.
Josh Bersin writes HRE’s HR in the Flow of Work column. Bersin is an analyst, author, educator and thought leader focusing on the global talent market and the challenges and trends impacting business workforces around the world. He recently spoke at the HR Technology Conference in Las Vegas. View Article
Josh Bersin
Wed Jan 29th, 2020 | 3 min read

Cappelli: Complexities of employee monitoring in an AI age

Organizations can use emerging tech to get them where they're going faster—for better or worse.
Peter Cappelli is HRE’s Talent Management columnist and a fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources. He is the George W. Taylor Professor of Management and director of the Center for Human Resources at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He hosts "In the Workplace" on SiriusXM Channel 111 with Dan O'Meara. View Article
Peter Cappelli
Thu Jan 30th, 2020 | 4 min read

John Sumser: Three heads are better than one; iCIMS points a way forward

Hang on to your chairs: 2020 is going to be dominated by the intelligent-tools story.

Emerging Intelligence columnist John Sumser is the principal analyst at HRExaminer. He researches the impact of data, analytics, AI and associated ethical issues on the workplace. John works with vendors and HR departments to identify problems, define solutions and clarify the narrative. He can be emailed at hreletters@lrp.com. View Article
John Sumser
Wed Jan 15th, 2020 | 4 min read

5 reasons to attend HRE’s Health & Benefits Leadership Conference

An inspiring keynote speaker and an in-depth look at the biggest benefits trends are among the highlights.
Kathryn Mayer is HRE’s benefits editor and chair of the Health & Benefits Leadership Conference. She has covered benefits for the better part of a decade, and her stories have won multiple awards, including a Jesse H. Neal Award and honors from the American Society of Business Publication Editors and the National Federation of Press Women. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Denver. She can be reached at kmayer@lrp.com. View Article
Kathryn Mayer
Mon Jan 13th, 2020 | 3 min read

Cappelli: The power of ideology in business

Why is employee governance such a non-starter in the U.S.?
Peter Cappelli is HRE’s Talent Management columnist and a fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources. He is the George W. Taylor Professor of Management and director of the Center for Human Resources at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He hosts "In the Workplace" on SiriusXM Channel 111 with Dan O'Meara. View Article
Peter Cappelli
Thu Jan 9th, 2020 | 4 min read

VideosView All

Zoe Harte’s HR Honor Roll acceptance speech

Upwork’s senior vice president of HR and talent innovation at the HR Executive of the Year and HR Honor Roll awards dinner.
Human Resource Executive Videos View Article
Human Resource Executive Videos
Fri Nov 1st, 2019

Ruth Stricklen Pullins’ HR Honor Roll acceptance speech

Truman Medical Centers' chief HR officer at the HR Executive of the Year and HR Honor Roll awards dinner.
Human Resource Executive Videos View Article
Human Resource Executive Videos
Fri Nov 1st, 2019

Angela Lalor’s HR Honor Roll acceptance speech

Georgeann Couchara on behalf of Angela Lalor at the HR Executive of the Year and HR Honor Roll awards dinner
Human Resource Executive Videos View Article
Human Resource Executive Videos
Fri Nov 1st, 2019

Digital Issues

January/February 2020

How to use AI and drive success without sacrificing your ethics.

December 2019

Many signs point to a looming economic downturn—but, according to experts, that doesn’t have to mean doom and gloom for HR leaders.

November 2019

Can a pair of virtual-reality goggles change how we see each other?

White Papers

Sponsored White Paper

How rethinking payroll can benefit your business.

Sponsored White Paper

The medical advantage of a routine eye exam

Sponsored White Paper

Vaping in America: use among adults in 2019

Sponsored White Paper

9 tips for Giving Feedback (Without the Stress)