Healthcare

Employers filing taxes must be diligent when classifying independent contractor and employees.

Healthier businesses will receive higher-than-expected rate increases because they are now being pooled with the less healthy plans that may include employees who smoke and engage in other unhealthy behaviors.

Advisers are a ‘great resource’ to ensure sponsors keep up with DC fiduciary compliance obligations and know where they stand on fees in particular, says The Principal’s Aaron Friedman.

Only 30% of workers are covered, despite the demonstrable need to protect income.

More employers embracing growing benefit distribution alternatives in an effort to reduce employee healthcare costs.

Mollie O’Brien, director of total rewards at BASF Corp., shares how the chemicals and plastics company approaches work-life benefits to increase employee engagement.

As the number of consumer-driven health plans continues to increase, employers are looking to voluntary benefits to help offset potential gaps in coverage.

Software analytics firm SAS sees positive results from its use of on-site health clinics.

Shifting employee coverage to Medicaid represents a lost opportunity to improve business processes and may prove costly in the long run for businesses in thin-margin industries that can least afford high absenteeism.U

Bundled disease management programs on a private exchange may boost employee engagement better than carved out programs.