EBN Staff

If your employer-sponsored FSA has a grace period, your employees have an extra two-and-a-half months (until March 15 for plans that ended Dec. 31) to spend FSA dollars from 2015.

How have employer-sponsored benefits changed since the last leap year? Long-term trends can give organizations a better understanding of whether they’re ahead (or behind) the benefits curve, says Compdata.

While millennials are the focus of many attraction and retention conversations, some C-suite and benefit executives forget an important generation still in the workforce: the baby boomers.

Poor interviewing skills could cause employers to lose a qualified candidate or worse, a bad interviewer could result in a mistake that may lead to a costly lawsuit. Here are five common mistakes interviewers make, according to Christina A. Stoneburner, a member of Fox Rothchild's labor and employment practice.

From physical danger to psychological stress, some jobs might not be right for someone with a low pressure threshold. According to a new CareerCast report on the most and least stressful jobs of 2016, here are 10 where stress can be a major issue. CareerCast’ s ranking system for stress considers 11 different job demands which can reasonably be expected to evoke stress, including travel, growth potential and competitiveness.

From boosting wellness program participation to closing the retirement savings gap and more, consultants at Aon Hewitt reveal eight trends benefit managers should keep an eye out for in 2016.

Guardian Life Insurance Company has announced plans to acquire Avesis Incorporated, a vision, dental and hearing benefits administrator for government and commercial benefit programs.

Kemper Corporation has named Tracy S. Berwick as vice president, Kemper Benefits. In this role, Berwick will lead the development of Kemper’s voluntary strategy and benefit offerings.

Throughout the year, a number of guest bloggers have provided valuable insights to EBN readers on the complex changes and issues affecting healthcare, retirement and other benefits programs.

U.S. Sens. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced legislation Thursday seeking to repeal the Affordable Care Act’s excise tax on high-cost group plans.