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Netflix's newest offering to new mothers and fathers is probably the most generous parental leave policy in the U.S.

With the cost of pharmaceuticals consuming an ever-increasing proportion of health benefit expenditures, many employers are responding by adding pricing tiers to their drug plan designs.

Advisers are needed now more than ever to help individuals reach their retirement goals as employees assume the responsibility of managing their financial future.

Excluding health insurance premium, these ancillary benefit carriers are the top companies experiencing positive year over year growth between $100 and $500 million in large-group revenue. EBA, in partnership with business intelligence data analytics firm miEdge, reveals in ascending order these fastest-growing companies. The listing is based on Form 5500 Schedule A reporting data on revenues coming from premiums as of June 30, 2015.

Commentary: Who would argue that spending $10,000 is worth the trade-off of cardiac surgery? Or $90,000 for drugs which might avoid a costly liver failure incident? A lot of employers, that’s who.

Three Republican senators have sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services expressing concern for the “lack of oversight for more than $1 billion in federal grants” given to state-based marketplaces.

Significant amounts of participant balances are leaking out of 401(k) plans and not being replenished, with potentially disastrous results.

Benefits and HR professionals are generally optimistic about the job prospects in their field, yet express lingering concerns about job security.

Advisers and their employer clients have a false sense of calm about the Affordable Care Act in 2015, because nobody has been penalized yet under the employer shared responsibility rule, says Kaya Bromley, an attorney with Your Obamacare Advisors. Next year could change that, she adds. Here are 10 of her top ACA predictions for 2016.

More small and midsized employers are looking at self-funding, but it’s not a winning formula for everyone.