
Bruce Shutan
Contributing writerBruce Shutan is an Employee Benefit News contributing writer based in Portland, Oregon.

Bruce Shutan is an Employee Benefit News contributing writer based in Portland, Oregon.
Few CHROs leverage tools to align enterprise and talent strategies or incorporate strong HR data analytics into BPO.
Benefit election variations across leading job sectors point to a need for better education from advisers and employers on product selection.
Working alongside relatives involves honesty, work-life balance, synergies and occasional conflict.
The company’s free trip anywhere in the world with six weeks off could catch the attention of other employers as way to avoid worker burnout.
Few CHROs leverage tools to align enterprise and talent strategies or incorporate strong HR data analytics into BPO.
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Weebly’s free trip anywhere in the world with six weeks off could catch the attention of other employers and advisers as way to avoid worker burnout.
Senate bill would remove noncompliance penalty, but observers caution industry to withhold any celebration of a change in the definition of a full-time employee.
Senate bill would remove noncompliance penalty, but observers caution industry to withhold any celebration of a change in the definition of a full-time employee.
As more sectors of the workforce adopt high-deductible plans, employers should ensure employees are aware of income-protecting voluntary benefit choices.
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As more sectors of the workforce adopt high-deductible plans, advisers should ensure employees are aware of income-protecting voluntary benefit choices.
The importance of increasing plan member payment contributions is cited as a driving factor in stemming rising costs by benefit insurance brokerage and consulting firm EPIC.
EPIC brokerage cites the importance of increasing plan member payment contributions as a driving factor to stem rising costs.
EBRI’s annual survey suggests a need for better planning and emphasizes plan consultants’ ability to help boost savings confidence and lower stress levels.
Experts weigh in on whether organizations should continue to offer medical insurance to their workers
Higher compliance requirements, and their associated costs, may drive firms to look for partners.
Analytics and cloud services offer more meaningful data to decipher better plan choices.
Pratter application is able to identify by ZIP code known charges and claim allowables before services are actually rendered.
Employees experience lower stress, better work-life balance, company loyalty and more, research shows.