Benefits Think

Commentary: Since the Family and Medical Leave Act was signed into law in 1993, employee benefits administration and time-off tracking have never been the same.

Commentary: We have started telling our over­all retirement story at chapter three or four, instead of setting the foundation of the story first, says adviser Mark Singer.

Commentary: There needs to be a proactive, systematic and consistent business development and prospecting plan in place to successfully sustain your business, says columnist Jack Kwicien.

Commentary: It will be the single most critical contributor to agency success, says columnist Wendy Keneipp.

Commentary: More and more, brokers realize that helping prospects and clients with their employee handbook is a great value-added service.

Commentary: To help keep stress at bay and make the most of holiday family time, ACI Specialty Benefits’ Erin Krehbiel shares some all-time favorite “holiday hacks.”

Commentary: By putting the company’s charitable giving program in the hands of employees, AutoNation empowered them as brand ambassadors in community relations while raising money for cancer research.

Commentary: While most individuals enrolled in a COBRA plan are keenly aware of the notoriously high expense, most companies don’t realize how much COBRA enrollees actually cost them.

Commentary: Generation gaps are as old as history. Nevertheless, businesses and benefit professionals seem to be more cognizant than ever about managing across generations that can have such differing attitudes and perceptions of each other.

Under federal law, government contractors and subcontractors with 50 or more employees who have entered into at least one contract of $50,000 or more with the federal government must prepare and maintain a written affirmative action program, which must be developed within 120 days from the commencement of the contract and must be updated annually.