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Northwestern University football players cannot form a union, the National Labor Relations Board ruled, overturning a March 2014 decision and ending the players’ bid to change the college sports landscape.

The uninsured rate in the United States is at one of the lowest points since tracking began, and in states with state-based exchanges the uninsured rate is lower than those using the federal marketplace. But is there enough incentive for brokers to continue to play a vital role in exchange enrollment?

Employer groups under 100 lives will soon be subject to community rating, which could lead to increased costs.

Automatic enrollment gets the most press, but 401(k) plan sponsors are exploring many other auto features to help boost employee savings.

Commentary: Reinforcing a simple three-step approach can help your clients connect employees working through a mental health condition with the assistance they need.

For a private exchange to be successful, it needs to offer a full service solution in a box, says David Holton, vice president of private exchange business development at HealthPlan Services. His Tampa, Fla.-based company’s My Consumer Link is an individual exchanges for group brokers to offer. These brokers, Holton says, don’t want to walk away from the money of the individual sales, but don’t have the time to commit to it.

Commentary: Specific innovations in benefits administration software are paving the way and supplying the technological framework to a future primarily based in cyberspace rather than buildings filled with people.

From an unbridled passion for inspiring workplace wellness to unique employee benefit service models that stand apart from the rest, the 2015 Retirement, Technology, Voluntary, Wellness and overall Employee Benefit Advisers of the Year are making waves in today’s benefits industry. Meet the men and women who are receiving EBA's top honors.

Yelp, the online service which provides customer reviews of local businesses, has teamed with the ProPublica news organization to incorporate health care statistics and consumer opinion survey data onto Yelp’s business pages for more than 25,000 medical treatment facilities.

The BIC exemption in the DOL’s fiduciary rule allows retirement plan brokers and advisers to continue setting their own compensation as long as they commit to putting their client’s interests first but some say it will impede brokers who want to work with small businesses.