About this event
Financial stress doesn’t clock out at 5 PM. Join Financial Health Network, Kashable, and Canary to explore how leading employers are redefining employee appreciation through meaningful financial support.
Description
Employee Appreciation Day is often about perks, recognition, and praise. But what does appreciation look like when an employee’s car breaks down, a medical bill arrives, or a financial shock threatens their stability?
In today’s workforce, financial stress is one of the most common and least visible challenges employees face. Nearly half of workers report being distracted at work due to personal finances. Unexpected expenses are frequent, destabilizing, and often met with limited options.
Forward-thinking employers are expanding their benefits strategies to meet employees in those moments that matter most.
Join Matt Bahl (Financial Health Network), Jameson Fauver (Kashable), and Rachel Schneider (Canary) for a candid conversation about:
- How financial hardship shows up in employees’ lives
- Why traditional benefits often fall short during financial emergencies
- The rise in 401(k) loans, predatory borrowing, and delayed medical care
- What meaningful support looks like in practice
- How combining solutions can create a scalable financial safety net
- Why how you show up during difficult moments builds trust, loyalty, and retention
This session will explore how employers can move beyond surface-level appreciation and design benefits that truly stabilize employees when they need it most.
Hosted by
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External speaker
Jameson Fauver SVP, Head of Sales and Business Development @ KashableE
Jameson works closely with insurance brokers and benefit marketplaces to deliver the Kashable offering to employees. Starting with Sun Life Financial, Jameson has spent his entire professional career working in employee benefits. When not spreading the word about Kashable, Jameson likes to be physically active, playing for two soccer teams in NYC during the week and golfing & hiking outside the city on the weekends.
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External speaker
Rachel Schneider Founder & CEO @ CanaryE
Rachel Schneider is the Founder & CEO of Canary, the modern emergency relief platform for employers. Rachel built Canary on a simple belief: when life becomes unpredictable, employers have a powerful opportunity and responsibility to show up for their people. Canary partners with organizations to deliver fast, dignified, tax-advantaged emergency grants across nine core categories, from natural disasters to medical crises to loss of income. Their goal is to make sure no employee falls through the cracks simply because an unexpected hardship hits at the wrong time.
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External speaker
Matt Bahl VP, Workplace Market Lead @ Financial Health NetworkE
Matt builds relationships with employers, solution providers, investors, and worker organizations committed to advancing financial health for the U.S. workforce. He connects HR, benefits leaders, innovators, and worker advocates with the Financial Health Network’s expertise to strengthen the financial health ecosystem. Matt leads the development of research, strategies, and partnerships to help organizations and workers achieve their financial health goals. He has helped grow Financial Health Network workplace programs including the Employer FinHealth Forum, Worker Financial Wellness Initiative, Employee Ownership collaborations, and the Essential Benefits framework. A nationally recognized expert on workplace financial wellness, Matt has been featured in the NY Times, Washington Post, AP, and other outlets. He previously served as Head of Financial Wellness Customer Strategy at Prudential and Head of Human Resources at Maine Medical Center.
Kashable
Kashable is a financial technology company that provides Socially Responsible Credit™ and financial wellness solutions for employees offered as an employer-sponsored voluntary benefit.
