Employer Strategies

Advisers should focus on working with employers to utilize smart benefits technology to create individualized programs that appeal to every worker.

Employers need to analyze their workforce and then find out from employees – through whatever means possible – what benefits are working for them and which aren’t.

But when it comes to sharing the medical data collected by these technologies, they are keeping their employers at arm’s length.

Reviewing a plan provider’s SOC 1 report helps employers determine that the service organization has the necessary controls in place to track the benefit plan’s investments and transactions.

Employer-sponsored health improvement programs must strive to include sleep as a key element of good health. Here are three strategies benefit managers can use to encourage better sleep habits among workers.

Employers are planning on making big changes to their benefits plans this year as they look to stay ACA compliant while still attracting and retaining talent.

Workers who are stressed about finances are absent on average 3.5 days per year, compared to 1.9 days for those who are not stressed about money, pointing to a need for more robust workplace financial wellness programs.

How employers design benefit packages is changing, leading many to rely on their brokers more than ever before, says Rodger Bayne.

Expert panel at EBA’s Workplace Benefits Renaissance event say clients are now receptive to telemedicine, self-funding and other solutions they previously dismissed.

Employees can get tips on how to improve their 401(k) savings curve by taking small, manageable steps and other important advise.