Benefits Think

A successful employee benefit program has to be in harmony with the culture of the organization.

Plan sponsors wishing to offer a professionally managed series of investment funds should note the following problems with target-risk funds that cause them to be vastly inferior to target-date funds.

Separating fact from fiction when it comes to the Affordable Care Act is no easy task. Here are 13 common misconceptions about the law.

Employer groups under 100 lives will soon be subject to community rating, which could lead to increased costs.

Commentary: Reinforcing a simple three-step approach can help your clients connect employees working through a mental health condition with the assistance they need.

Commentary: Specific innovations in benefits administration software are paving the way and supplying the technological framework to a future primarily based in cyberspace rather than buildings filled with people.

Trying to institute a wellness initiative in a poor corporate culture is like making dinner with rotten ingredients.

Commentary: Employee leave is right in the middle of policy and business management discussions. Benefit managers would be wise to get ahead of the curve.

Watching the hearings on the DOL’s proposed conflict of interest rule was similar to watching an extremely competitive tug of war match with the DOL on one side and industry insiders on the other.

Non-union employers are often under the misimpression that they are not affected by the National Labor Relations Act.