Healthcare

Employee Benefit Adviser, in partnership with business intelligence data analytics firm miEdge, lists leading retirement plans for companies with 99 or fewer employees

As of now, 401(k) plans won’t be touched, which is good news for employers, but anything could happen, experts say.

Firms seeking high engagement in health plans should look at programs in their entirety and gauge the opinion of employees.

A participant in the company’s 401(k) plan alleges that the retail giant should have negotiated reasonable fees, but didn’t.

Stacey Harris, vice president of research and analytics for Sierra-Cedar, says the more human resource data is shared the more effective a company becomes.

The plan released Tuesday night mixes two red-hot debates by adding a repeal of the Obamacare law’s individual mandate to their tax legislation.

Employees aged 50 and above would no longer be able to make catch-up contributions on a pretax basis to their retirement plans under the Senate version of the GOP tax proposal.

Before employers put their plans on the chopping block, they should ask themselves what their employees care about when selecting benefits and if they are able to educate workers on the strategy.

Employees aged 50 and above would no longer be able to make catch-up contributions on a pretax basis to their retirement plans under the Senate version of the GOP tax proposal.

Groups say the move would destabilize the health insurance market and raise premiums.