Aside from required CE credits, you may have additional educational opportunities available to you that can give you an advantage over a competing candidate without those qualifications.

Someone who retires at age 70 can expect to pay between 28% and 29% less in health care costs than if they retired at age 65.

The simple "two weeks off" and "five sick days" are no longer enough for most workers. While basic benefits are a start, they're certainly no longer the benchmark for what talent is seeking.

In 2022, however, nearly 8 in 10 employers (78%) increased base salary for fiscal year 2022 at nearly two times the rate of other total rewards to attract workers.

Sure, technology is a key part of this younger generation but they also want to find purpose in work — an impulse that drives not only Gen Z, but millennials as well.

Ensure portfolios are well-positioned for inflation risk and rising rates or, for near-retirees, consider the benefits of a lifetime income annuity to help address market risk, experts say.

With inflation, market volatility and the lingering pandemic, now's the time to offer guidance, tools and resources to help workers make the best decisions to balance current financial needs without jeopardizing their future.

It all depends on the health plan and whether it is fully insured or self-funded, but travel and lodging, as well as EAPs, may be available to employees.