Benefits Think

To understand what makes employees tick, employers should enhance leadership communication and establish skip-level meetings, among other strategies.

Advance planning optimizes results and turns any event into a productive business opportunity for a brokerage.

Just because an employee didn’t request after-hours pay doesn’t excuse an employer's obligation to pay — but a recent court decision could make overtime policies a bit thornier.

Changes to the ACA and a range of other laws and regulations affecting health benefits could be imminent.

Employees can’t be paid to get healthy and they can’t be incentivized to participate in a plan if they don’t understand why they are doing it.

A little bit of negotiation and understanding of how carrier formulas work can go a long way in helping employers prepare for rate increases.

Broker disintermediation is not about to happen — nor is it something a smart carrier should desire.

Significant variances between the two delivery models include an employee’s level of ongoing relationship with the same physician over time.

A holistic approach to regulations that impact defined benefit plans is the only way to ensure employees are secure in their post-work years, says the ERISA Industry Committee.

Companies are thinking short term when they need to be evaluating the long-term impact that intuitive software programs could have on their bottom line.