New technologies, greater competition and rising prices are complicating the role of today’s benefit brokers. How do they cope?

The retailer’s benefits director says about 20% of its workers are using Even, which allows employees to receive wages before their next pay period.

Social influencers shared moments from EBN and EBA’s annual conference, where employers like Activision Blizzard and Walmart talked about how they’re approaching their benefits strategies.

The fuel distributor partnered with Accolade to offer new coverage to its rural workforce.

The retailer’s benefits director says about 20% of its workers are using Even, which allows employees to receive wages before their next pay period.

Employers must hit the throttle by providing employees with personalized retirement readiness scores, deeper metrics.

Supportive, encouraging managers and competitive benefits packages play a key role in employee retention in a tight job market.

Supportive, encouraging managers and competitive benefits packages play a key role in employee retention in a tight job market.

Benefits leaders from Estée Lauder and Options Clearing Corporation say the perk doesn’t have a lot of overhead and has huge payoffs.

The financial institution reaches out to workers, even before their first day on the job, to introduce them to their culture.

Employers must hit the throttle by providing employees with personalized retirement readiness scores, deeper metrics.

Small clerical errors can cost organizations hundreds of thousands of dollars, but they can get that money back through routine maintenance of benefit records.

Benefits leaders from Estée Lauder and Options Clearing Corp. say the perk doesn’t have a lot of overhead and has huge payoffs.

Scrapping performance reviews, eliminating merit-based pay and greater pay transparency are attracting greater attention from employers seeking to build high-performing teams.

Scrapping performance reviews, eliminating merit-based pay and greater pay transparency are attracting greater attention from employers seeking to build high-performing teams.

Keep the initiatives confidential and offer incentives, said SunTrust’s financial well-being executive.

The program, which launched earlier this year, has helped the company “stand out in a crowd of other employers,” its benefits manager said at EBA’s Workplace Benefits Mania.

“This is no longer an ancillary side business. This is at the heart of what brokers do.”

All-in-one human capital management systems can easily manage some of human resources’ biggest functions — but HR managers aren’t taking the time to understand the technology.

Employee Benefit Adviser’s annual conference delved deep into innovative enrollment tips, employee engagement and hot workplace offerings.