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Commentary: From professionally managed accounts to online investment advice and more, here's a look at where progressive plan sponsors will take their 401(k) plans in 2016.

Commentary: Although steps are being made by the healthcare community to improve the coordination and efficiency of healthcare delivery, true healthcare value will be achieved only when combined with effective health promotion that creates better health.

Commentary: For employees who are also caregivers, there’s often not enough hours in the day to do good work and good caregiving. Being an employee/caregiver comes at a price for both businesses and employees.

Commentary: One area of business that hasn’t kept pace with the economic rebound is compensation for key talent.

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.

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.

ACOs are expected to increase the use of telemedicine technologies as a way to improve patient quality, achieve greater cost savings, and meet CMS patient threshold.

Commentary: Given the time and attention required by medical plans nowadays, it’s not uncommon for benefit professionals to allow LTD plans to stay the course, without critical review. But given the immense value of LTD benefits, now is a great time to ensure your plan is at its best for 2016.

To help 401(k) plan participants put the Federal Reserve interest rate increase into perspective, it may make sense for employers to share the following four messages.

Commentary: Since the Family and Medical Leave Act was signed into law in 1993, employee benefits administration and time-off tracking have never been the same.