Carol Harnett

about

Carol Harnett is HRE’s Benefits columnist. She is a widely respected consultant, speaker, writer and trendspotter in the fields of employee benefits, health and productivity management, health and performance innovation, and value-based health. Follow her on Twitter via @carolharnett and on her video blog, The Work.Love.Play.Daily. She can be emailed at hreletters@lrp.com.

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What If We Paid Employees When They Couldn’t Work?

Innovative PTO programs can satisfy one of employees’ top needs: flexibility.

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3 Ways to Bring Value to Healthcare Benefits

Here’s what you personally can do to improve both the quality and cost of healthcare for your workforce.

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Do You Know What Caregiving is Costing You?

Companies must do a better job measuring the impact caregiving has on workers’ performance.

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What to Do About the Overtreatment Epidemic

A personal tale about navigating today’s “better-to-be-safe-than-sorry” world.

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Outside-the-Box Mental-Health Strategies

Two new offerings use technology in novel ways to help workers overcome mental-health challenges.

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Calculating an ROI From Healthcare

Vendors have long talked up their ability to deliver a return on investment, but here’s one that’s now backing it up with a guarantee.

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Responding to the Needs of Low-Wage Workers

Here’s why ongoing access to affordable healthcare services is vital to low-wage workers.

a businessman falling into a safety net shows why employees need disability coverage

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Why Disability Insurance Matters

Getting employers to see the benefits of this safety net is a difficult but worthwhile endeavor.

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Genetic Testing at Work

Do the rewards of genetic testing of employees outweigh the possible risks it presents to their financial stability?

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The Long Road to Value-Based Health

Our benefits columnist outlines four steps employers can take to ensure their health plans are designed to meet value-based standards.

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Wellness Programs on Trial

Now may be a good time to reflect upon the problems HR leaders are trying to address with wellness programs.

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A Benefits Resolution

I want to focus this year’s columns on issues that go against the grain of how I’d like to see businesses address employee benefits for their workers.