Employer Strategies

The percentage of employers offering benefits including telemedicine, stress reduction programs and 24-hour nurse lines jump to accommodate an always-on workforce.

More are embracing the insurance model, as firms realize cost savings, plan flexibility and employee satisfaction that can manifest itself as soon as the first year after implementation.

For employees with HDHPs, these two savings vehicles offer numerous advantages.

Employers should concentrate on adopting measures that enable seamless plan-to-plan savings portability for participants, especially for employee accounts with less than $5,000.

With a recent uptick in 401(k) related lawsuits, employers should take concrete steps to help participants while giving their company the fullest extent of protection possible against potential litigation.

More than 25 million workers resigned and left at least one retirement account with their former employer between 2004 and 2013, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

Bain & Company, Facebook and Google are among the nation’s top employers based on worker evaluations, according to jobs resource website Glassdoor.

Anti-union advocates are watching as a battle between the Teamsters and the jet-leasing company plays out, with one non-profit group representing Flexjet employees who are pushing to get the union out.

But many advisers remain optimistic that the three-way partnership will succeed at restructuring healthcare costs.

Forget student loan debt assistance and day-to-day budgeting help. Workers most want employers to help them plan out how to manage healthcare and long-term care expenses during their post-work years.