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According to a recent Randstad report, among the six workforce trends to prevail next year are several age-old challenges, as well as emerging trends among digital, artificial intelligence and all things data.

Many workers in this now-tight job marketunemployment stands at a 17-year loware seeking a telecommuting option, flexible hours to better accommodate their personal needs or even part-time or freelance work.

There is only so much organizations can do to prevent the financial cost in the face of one of these catastrophes, but partnering with an EAP in the aftermath can help address the emotional toll on employees.

Digital health solutions have great potential to deliver health care navigation and change the employer and employee healthcare value equation, but with all of these new tools comes additional concerns about employee data privacy and security.

Employers may think theyre doing well by their employees with health and well-being strategies they bring into the workplace, but employees? The majority say those initiatives dont meet their needs.

The all-cash takeover will bulk up UnitedHealths growing business of clinics and physician practices, which it operates under the OptumCare name.