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Plan sponsors should document meetings, put employee needs first and ensure they have a properly structured retirement plan committee.

Employers must pay close attention to the details of, and thoroughly document, the process it follows in selecting or changing a TPA.

Artificial intelligence will play a big role in how employers retain top performers as well as help eliminate bias from candidate selection.

But first, employers need to build an extended PA ecosystem — one that enables data analysis to be broadly embedded in work streams and decision-making.

In wake of tax reform, employers can encourage employees to invest in HSAs, build up their 401(k), pay off debt and build an emergency fund.

There is no question that the use of robots, along with other similar technological changes in the workplace, will continue to eliminate or downgrade jobs.

The legislation presents many plan sponsors with an immediate opportunity to make a pension contribution in 2018 and obtain a deduction at the higher 2017 tax rate.

The alliance of Amazon, Berkshire and JPMorgan is a positive move that will elevate the call for more quality care at a lower cost.

Employers should embrace auto-enrollment, automatically increase employee contributions each year and continually educate workers about 401(k) benefits.

Human resource technologies need to be center-focused on employees to be effective. Here’s how to achieve that goal.