Employer Strategies

Topping the recent California rate of 39%, brokers on this state-run exchange completed more than 36,000 of the private health plan enrollments. Their record with SHOP enrollments, however, was a different story.

Courts in the past have held that telecommuting is not required as a reasonable accommodation by employers. All that could change thanks to a recent ruling in the Sixth Circuit, which may offer new precedent for the employee benefit.

Benefit advisers need to know how these two long-awaited guidance notices from the IRS will affect their employer clients.

IRS issues annual health spending account contribution limits and out-of-pocket maximums.

Only a little over half of small businesses understand and are prepared for the changes required by the Affordable Care Act, according to a new survey.

Financial concerns and readiness for retirement remain top worries for Americans, even as many employers are trying to help by offering financial education benefits.

Why trusted advisers should be sharing this growing retirement income strategy with their clients.

Industry musings about how fast this employee benefit selection tool will grow and in what format are plentiful.

Effective in 2015, the Affordable Care Act requires that employers report information about the health coverage they offer to employees. As you plan for ACA compliance, be reminded that you have this reporting obligation, not just to the Internal Revenue Service but to employees as well.

When the public exchanges were first envisioned, some industry analysts thought most employers eventually would head for the exits on financing health benefits and simply steer their employees into the nascent online marketplace. That hasn’t happened, of course, and it’s far too early in the HIX rollout to expect any meaningful change to occur.