Benefits Think

In an open letter to Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, EBN Editor-in-Chief Kelley M. Butler voices her disapproval of Mayer's decision to revoke Yahoo's telework policy.

When you take the 403(b) plan survey from the Plan Sponsor Council of America, you’ll get much more out of it than a discounted oil change.

Most of us are aware of the 5500 filing requirements for companies with 100 or more employees covered on their health and welfare plans. Might there be service differentiator and prospecting opportunities available if we have a thorough understanding of the mechanics of the 5500 process?

Employers are beginning to face the hard truth that giving employees access to wellness support has done little to change the overall health of their employees. To reach that goal, they have to move beyond providing information to a much more effective level of wellness support: Employee health risk management.

Most wellness initiatives are baby steps when it comes to moving the needle on employee health issues and costs. To move forward, there needs to be a shift in the way companies think about their most important asset, their employees, says EBA Blogger Sam Fleet.

Some nontraditional wellness news emerged recently about fruits and vegetables, as well as certain types of bacteria.

Guest blogger Aaron Friedman, a national practice leader with Principal Financial, writes that amid the ongoing tax debate, helping all plan participants achieve retirement readiness should be of paramount importance and that tax reform and retirement policy should not be at odds.

Tax the rich! Raise their rates! Limit their deductions! That seems to be the populist mantra. It’s perpetuated in the press, and there’s some indication that the general public seems to support the idea. Now middle class workers with higher than average incomes seem to be caught up in discussions defining those that are “rich,” says EBA Blogger and The Principal Financial Group’s tax-exempt national practice leader.

After a year of significant change in the LTC industry in 2012 Blogger Tom Riske Jr. seems 2013 as a year of growth in LTC sales through the worksite. He shares some key features an employer and adviser should look for when considering one of the newer multi-life LTC offerings.

Employee benefit adviser Mark Gaunya says the best way to turn lemons into lemonade — and challenges into opportunities — is to live life gratefully and let helping others keep things in perspective for you.