The Beneficial Workplace

About The Beneficial Workplace

Listen as Mercer experts discuss the issues facing employers today as they seek to design and manage benefit programs to help their workers thrive and their organizations succeed. Incorporating original research and specialized expertise, these lively conversations will keep you up to date and help hone your total rewards strategies. For more insights, please visit https://www.mercer.com/en-us/insights/us-health-news

Publisher

Mercer US Health

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Feb 2023

Latest episode

2 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

50 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Oct 2026

   Why affordability and financial well-being matter at work

   Affordability and financial well-being have become workplace issues. Host Tracy Watts talks with Sara Vipond about what employees are facing and how employers can take a more holistic approach to connect benefits, emergency savings, retirement plans and other resources more effectively.

2. 

   25 Sept 2026

   Understanding double dip benefit arrangements and tax risk

   Some benefit arrangements promise payroll tax savings and increased take-home pay, but employers need to look closely at how they work. Wade Symons and Lori Fischler break down double dip arrangements, IRS concerns and the key questions employers should ask before moving forward.

3. 

   15 Sept 2026

   What employers can learn from new PBM transparency reporting

   New PBM transparency reporting is giving employer health plan sponsors a clearer view into how pharmacy benefits are working. On this episode of The Beneficial Workplace, Jennifer Calhoun Mohl speaks with Jon Lewis, a leader in Marsh’s pharmacy practice, about what the data is beginning to show about spread and retained rebates, and what employers may want to consider as they review pharmacy benefit strategy and contracting.

Who has been a guest on The Beneficial Workplace

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Sunit Patel
• Rich Fuerstenberg
• Wade Symons
• Stacy Forrester
• Margaret Herseth

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

2,987,755

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

61

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

60

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Books guests

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