Articles by Beth Pinsker

Strap on the Goggles. Employee Training Is Entering Virtual Reality.

The future of employee training involves no embarrassing role-playing in front of new colleagues or boring web modules which take an hour each to click through. For the next wave in workplace learning, get ready to strap on a pair …

Employers Taking Proactive Health Steps to Prevent Costly Employee Injuries

A job does not have to be physically demanding to literally be a pain in the neck, or knee, or lower back. Musculoskeletal conditions are among the top expenses for employee healthcare benefits, accounting for about a third of all …

Repairing Homes After Disasters Requires Planning, Patience Even with Insurance

For the Parkers of Houston, Texas, there will be no summer vacation this year because they are still paying off the dent in their finances left by 2017’s Hurricane Harvey. The couple joins a growing list of people forced to …

Employers Using Robots to Catch Fraud in Expense Reports

It sounds like it should have been impossible to miss, but it took more than a year for an industrial equipment company to discover $12,000 worth of doggie day spa charges on an employee’s expense reports. Level upon level of …

Personal Cyber Insurance-Security Packages Being Tested with Wealthy

Insurance is supposed to make you feel safe, but even those who sell special cyber-security protection packages worry about hacking threats. What makes Jerry Hourihan lose sleep is that everyone’s information already is likely compromised. Hourihan is head of the …

Personal Cyber Insurance-Security Packages Being Tested with Wealthy

Insurance is supposed to make you feel safe, but even those who sell special cyber-security protection packages worry about hacking threats. What makes Jerry Hourihan lose sleep is that everyone’s information already is likely compromised. Hourihan is head of the …

More Large Employers Add Financial Wellness Tools to Benefits Menu

Study after study shows that money stress can be as bad for workplace productivity as back pain. The latest study, released by PwC on Tuesday, found that a quarter of U.S. workers said financial worries caused them health problems. Forty …

What Hobbyists Should Know About Drone Insurance

If a drone is on your holiday shopping list, be sure to check your insurance coverage before you crack open that instruction manual and take flight. Damage from a drone is a bit more complicated than handing your kid a …

What Hobbyists Should Know About Drone Insurance

If a drone is on your holiday shopping list, be sure to check your insurance coverage before you crack open that instruction manual and take flight. Damage from a drone is a bit more complicated than handing your kid a …

Schools, Parents Seek Protection for Kids’ Pricey Smart Devices

In the couple of weeks since the Academy of Our Lady in Marrero, Louisiana, began its school year, three of the 450 students have already broken their school-issued iPads. One got crushed by books in a backpack, and one got …