Employer Strategies

How Tussey v ABB is a new frontier in ERISA class-action litigation

2012 election and victory of Obama over Romney means health care industry will change

The healthy as well as sick employees deserve attention in high deductible health plans.

EBA editor Elizabeth Galentine explains how to view the whole picture.

Two decades of experience and a genuine enthusiasm for the product make Dan McNeill EBA’s 2012 Voluntary Adviser of the Year

The pros and cons of a benefit practice offering retirement plan services.

Post-election, for those who were waiting for something to happen that might change the course of health reform, you can stop waiting. A recent Mercer study found 15% of clients were waiting on the election to start implementing health reform, anticipating a change in administration would either repeal it, fundamentally change it, or roll back some of the provisions - which was probably more feasible. That not being the case, I think everybody out there should start making plans for 2014 based on the law as we know it.

Among benefits-related cases, in 2012 courts addressed stock drops, offerings to retirees and same-sex couples, and fiduciary concerns

A smoker’s need for a support network is one reason smoking-cessation programs in the workplace have a good chance at success.

As private exchanges expand and companies consider a future beyond the traditional employer-sponsored health care system, benefits experts weigh in on consumers’ readiness for defined contribution health.