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Commentary: For wellness programs to take hold, employers need a sustainable engagement strategy built around strategic communications and use of appropriate incentives. But in order to do that, employers must first understand and appeal to their diverse workforce.

Trying to communicate retirement planning messages during the holiday season is like offering a kale smoothie to someone during Mardi Gras – it might be good for them, but it won’t be widely embraced, says one retirement plan expert.

Recognizing companies with the best 401(k) plans with more than $1 billion in assets, BrightScope has released its year-end ranking of the top 401(k) plans, based on factors such as total plan costs, company generosity, salary deferrals and account balances. How does your plan compare?

Commentary: Many of the newer voluntary products have been strategically designed with a post-ACA lens in mind. When determining their 2016 short list of voluntary product recommendations, brokers should investigate six key areas.

Zenefits made the list of the year’s most-read EBA stories twice, including a defamation lawsuit that ADP filed against the Silicon Valley startup. Other attention-grabbing articles included the Aetna-Humana merger, Cadillac tax repeal efforts, attempts to tweak the ACA and the elimination of broker commission. Here are the top 10 stories that garnered the most pageviews in 2015.

The House and Senate Friday passed a comprehensive $1.1 trillion spending package that would avoid a government shutdown, including a provision that would push back the Affordable Care Act’s excise tax on high-price health plans.

Throughout 2015, some major headlines have been made – from challenges to the Affordable Care Act to some drastic proposed changed in the retirement field – these are some of the top news stories to revisit going into the New Year.

Commentary: Improving the retirement plans that we run and advise will have a positive impact on our participants’ retirement readiness — and ultimately their retirement experience, says adviser John Ludwig.

In its Browning-Ferris decision, the National Labor Relations Board took the opportunity to reevaluate the joint-employer standard in light of the recent trend in the use of contingent workers.

A year’s worth of news related to employee benefits sparked plenty of discussion among EBA readers — with the Affordable Care Act and Zenefits evoking some of the sharpest criticism. Here are the top comments of the year.