Employer Strategies

The CloudSuite Healthcare platform is enhanced with new payroll and scheduling features.

Once he ‘stopped doing what’s safe,’ the Ohio adviser found group captives can substantially cut expenses for small and midsize employers.

RA medicine accounted for nearly half of specialty drug spend last year, inducing the pharmacy benefit manager to introduce a personalized savings program that could save employers $500,000 a year.

A number of software programs are available for multinational employers who need to comply with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation.

The new tax law has extended the grace period for outstanding 401(k) loans made by workers who switch jobs, luring more participants to borrow from their accounts, exposing them to greater risk.

Given the penalty amounts, the importance of keeping an eye out for the IRS statements and acting quickly cannot be overstated, says benefits consultant Zack Pace.

Plan sponsors should limit the number of fund selections, provide more fixed income choices and offer index options.

– Airline pilots, still resentful over pensions yanked away in a wave of industry bankruptcies, see growing company profits as a chance to reclaim some of those lost benefits.

This deal has strategic and financial benefits for Albertsons and helps the grocer avoid a choppy IPO market, but also gets it deeper into the increasingly tough and competitive pharmacy business.

Employers who failed to provide affordable healthcare are receiving notification of fines ranging from $2,080 to $3,480 per employee.