Benefits Think

With today’s global, diverse and mobile workforce, employees are inundated with information in and out of the office, making it a constant challenge to capture their attention, communicate important benefit messages and make sure they feel engaged to take action.

Commentary: Leading-edge reporting platforms enable employers to participate more fully in improving the cost and quality of employee health.

Commentary: The instructions clarify a couple of key areas that will simplify how employers file under IRS 6055 and 6056.

Commentary: Many employers are struggling to get employees to enroll in voluntary programs; busy workers often don’t take the time to understand what’s being offered.

Commentary: Rookie adviser Brian Murphy embraces “the complexity, the challenge and the intellectual stimulation” of onboarding a new client for the first time.

Commentary: Pharma will feel the pain of regulation sooner than they expected, adviser Craig Hasday predicts.

Commentary: Teetering on the edge of the looming retirement crisis in America, partisan politics are part of the reason we have failed to move up in the rankings, says retirement expert Chad Parks.

Commentary: New statements and interpretations are about to shatter three decades of serenity in pensions like a chair flying through a saloon window, says The Principal’s Mike Clark.

Confusion still surrounds the Affordable Care Act. Here are eight misconceptions about the health care law.

A recent circuit court ruling says a careful “Termination Review” process by independent decision makers can weaken or break the causal connection between the alleged racial animus and the ultimate adverse action under the "cat's paw" theory.