Benefits Think

Commentary: Why your clients should consider allowing work from home as a part of disability recovery for certain employees.

Commentary: The Japanese have a business philosophy called the keiretsu. Find out how it could improve the way you operate.

Social Security will still be around when your employees retire, it just might look a little different. Here are five changes to expect in the coming years.

Commentary: All benefit advisers want loyal employees who are committed, respectful and engaged workers who see projects through to the very end. How do you get them?

To effectively address the reality of the widespread implications of obesity, employers must think beyond wellness programs. They must apply a wide-angle lens to employee health, wellness and even risk.

Given that hospital charges currently represent about a third of the $2.7 trillion annual U.S. health care bill, employers may want to consider offering hospital indemnity insurance as a voluntary benefit. When an employer is reviewing these plans, there are several important features to look for.

The challenges faced by plan sponsors as they design, update and execute their 403(b) plan documents are sometimes left undiscovered until they are identified under audit.

Workers who travel out of their state or country of hire to perform work on behalf of their employers create liability exposures, due to complex laws, administrative rules and regulations that deal with workplace injuries and diseases across the U.S. and abroad.

Commentary: Blogger Aaron Friedman discusses how benefit advisers can counsel employer clients on switching up 403(b) plan communication.

Commentary: An additional option is available for certain consumers to continue to enroll in the ACA marketplaces, guest blogger Laura Kerekes explains.