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For HR Pros: How to Handle Employee Loan Requests

Do you have employees asking for loans?  Then you may be experiencing a larger issue: your workers may be struggling to make ends meet with their current finances. This is common among nearly 50% of workers across America. The first [...]

For HR Pros: How to Handle Employee Loan Requests2020-02-12T11:39:38-05:00

For HR Pros: How to Help Your Employees Navigate Wage Garnishments

Who’s affected by wage garnishments? Answer: more people than you’d think… Almost 9.5 million people in America have their wages garnished.  As an employer, if you have employees facing wage garnishments, you know it’s one of the most difficult things [...]

For HR Pros: How to Help Your Employees Navigate Wage Garnishments2020-02-12T11:34:31-05:00

The Student Loan Debt Crisis Might Be Worse Than We Think

How Credit Report Data May Be Masking the True Scope of the Problem By Eric Espinoza, Associate Director of Programs and Strategic Advocacy August 12, 2019 The memo outlines two systematic phenomena in consumer credit reporting that have major implications [...]

The Student Loan Debt Crisis Might Be Worse Than We Think2019-09-03T11:35:30-04:00

Spotlight on a Financial Coach: What Progress Looks Like

By Sol Vilera-Ramos As a financial coach at Neighborhood Trust, I find that there’s a lot of confusion about exactly what I do every day. When people hear “coaching,” they may think, “Oh, that’s only for people who are in [...]

Spotlight on a Financial Coach: What Progress Looks Like2020-02-11T23:06:14-05:00
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