Employer Strategies

Employers are already swamped enough dealing with a litany of benefit issues. That’s why, a panel of plan sponsors explained at the NAPA 401(k) Summit in Nashville, they are looking for benefits help from their advisers.

California’s paid family leave benefits will increase to 60% or 70% of weekly normal earnings beginning in 2018, but as a result of a city ordinance, San Francisco employers will have to top up these benefits to 100% of salary for some workers.

With another tax season come and gone, companies should weigh their options when expanding the workforce in Q2.

Worker uptake of the benefit has been slow, yet research shows utilization rates soar when there is no employee co-pay, according to Dr. Allan Khoury of Willis Towers Watson.

Boomerang employees — workers who left for another opportunity, only to return to their former employer later — are on the rise, as companies are becoming more enthusiastic about welcoming them back.

HR executives and business leaders are not aligned about employee well-being, new research shows. How advisers can help.

Adviser Alex Assaley and his agency built a Web platform to help plan sponsors educate employees and relieve their money distress.

The Department has stepped up employer compliance checks, for which brokers should be prepared, according to Zynia CEO Julie Hulsey.

Outstanding student loans are affecting baby boomers who may be helping their kids pay down balances owing instead of saving enough money to fund their own retirement.

Purchasing critical illness insurance for employees and offering them the option to buy more encourages them to become better educated about their benefits plan, according to Sun Life’s Bryan Burke.