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[BenefitsPRO] Direct financial relief: Immediate help for employees when savings aren’t an option

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Corporate-sponsored relief funds offer an immediate lifeline, filling the gap for those employees facing financial crises right now, according to Canary CEO Rachel Schneider. This piece originally ran in Benefits Pro on October 24, 2024 and was written by Lynn Cavanaugh. Many Americans are drastically unprepared for a financial emergency. However, there’s a critical, often overlooked piece to this … Read more

HR Brew’s Starting Up: This founder is helping HR leaders bring generosity to the workplace

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This feature was written by Adam DeRose and originally appeared in HR Brew’s Starting Up series on September 5, 204. Rachel Schneider is a former researcher at the Financial Health Network and the Aspen Institute. She studied the financial lives of working Americans and coauthored a book on the topic: The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in … Read more

Workplace Disaster Relief Funds: A Financial Lifeline for Workers in the Path of Storms

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Employee disaster relief funds help workers recover financially from natural disasters

Millions of employees are staring down the impacts (physical, mental, and financial) of natural disasters that are often more powerful, frequent, and unpredictable. Just recently the southern United States has been particularly hard hit recently, with devastating tornadoes tearing through communities and catastrophic flooding wreaking havoc on homes and infrastructure. Possibly lost amid the news … Read more

NEW! Survey templates to help HR teams design meaningful workplace financial well-being solutions

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Survey workers to understand employees’ financial lives to design meaningful workplace solutions

Measure the Financial Well-Being of Your Workforce The world of work is constantly changing, but one thing is sure: employees want more financial support from their employer. Most HR leaders are focused on finding new, innovative ways to support employee financial well-being in 2024. HR teams are strapped for time and resources while their employees … Read more

An HR Balancing Act: Relieving Employee Financial Stress for Improved Mental Health

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For two decades, SAMHSA has designated May as Mental Health Awareness Month to underscore mental health’s significance in our overall well-being. While conversations about the correlation between financial strain and mental wellness are prevalent, they tend to emphasize individual responsibility. But amid the most stressful financial events  — unexpected hardships — many people cannot fully … Read more

Workplace Wellness Programs: Employer Solutions to Help Employees Navigate Financial Emergencies

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the modern workforce requires companies to take a portfolio approach to employee financial wellness programs

This blog was co-written by Canary’s Catherine Scagnelli and Rachel Schneider. We all experience the unexpected. This week, for one person, it may be a broken dishwasher. For someone else, it may be a car repair, a leaking roof, or a trip to the ER. We simply cannot know in advance about every financial disruption … Read more

[Webinar Replay] How to Respond to the Day-to-Day Financial Stressors of Your Workforce

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[Watch] Thriving Together in 2024 Listen in as Canary founder & CEO, Rachel Schneider, leads a conversation with HR leaders on the importance of addressing employees near-term financial concerns. Watch the replay Details: Hosted by From Day One Moderated by Ellen Stark, Financial Enterprise Editor, Foundry360 Panelists: Rachel Schneider, Founder & CEO, Canary Watch the … Read more

From Day One Panel: Making Work Meaningful in an Uncertain World

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Canary CEO, Rachel Schneider, joins From Day One HR panel to discuss the impact of investing in employee financial well-being

Canary founder & CEO, Rachel Schneider, joined a panel of HR experts from Ross Stores, GroupM, DHL & Acheivers at From Day One’s Miami conference on November 14, 2023. Every year From Day One, a forum on corporate values, gathers HR, CSR, and DEI leaders around the country for a local event series. 2023’s theme … Read more

From Nice-to-Do to Need-to-Do: Investing in Employee Financial Well-Being

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A few weeks ago at a terrific event put on by Of Color, I had the good luck to hear Liz Davidson, CEO of Financial Finesse, answer this question,: Are companies obligated to provide financial coaching for employees? Financial Finesse has been providing employee financial well-being solutions in the workplace since 1999, well before most … Read more

Are medical issues affecting employee productivity?

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In today’s fast-paced world, the weight of medical bills can lead to significant financial stress for individuals. This stress doesn’t stay confined to personal lives – it often spills over into the workplace, impacting employee productivity and overall well-being. In fact, one in three full-time employees says that money worries have negatively impacted their productivity … Read more

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