Benefits Think

Employees have many destructive behaviors when it comes to their finances. Here’s how employers can help stop them.

Companies should immediately review their pay scales for employees and make adjustments where they see fit to either begin paying overtime or to raise salaries to correspond to the new change.

Employers are turning to their brokers for new, competitive product offerings, says Benefit Advisors Network’s Bobbi Kloss.

Chicago's recent PTO ordinance is only the latest example of a nationwide trend to mandate that employers provide paid time off to employees to care for themselves or their families — a trend certain to continue and expand.

Debating the merits of presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in the office is not a constitutional right for private-sector employees, says attorney Michael C. Schmidt.

Hesitant to step away from the office as ‘chief rainmaker,’ adviser Suzy Johnson shares why she’s glad she started going to industry shows.

As the fiduciary rule creates challenges to old ways of growing retirement assets, it’s time to consider another source of growth: portability solutions.

Employers are increasingly adopting reference based pricing and reimbursements as a way to more effectively determine and control health costs.

Compliance, creativity, clarification and confusion reign in employee benefits, says Eric T. Helman, chief strategy officer at Hodges-Mace.

Generally speaking, many employers do not think about ERISA when it comes to severance, whether at the front end, when employment agreements or policies are negotiated and planned, or at the back end, when termination occurs and the severance is paid.