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HR professionals, take note: Training doesn’t have to be dull. By turning it into a game, employees will be eager to gain new skills.

When I first started covering the benefits industry in 2011, there was plenty to write about, and much of the focus involved gloom and doom forecasts over the newly enacted Affordable Care Act. How times have changed.

Issues on joint employment type liability are far from dead even though the current administration has taken a much more favorable stance on the issues compared to the prior White House.

These programs focus on giving healthcare resources to a specific group of at-risk employees — the people who make up 62% of healthcare spend.

Budgeting for benefits can be a difficult task for employers. But these tips can make the task easier than ever.

The agency’s recent private letter ruling tying student loan repayments to a 401(k) isn’t the same as definitive IRS guidance. But employers can take a number of steps in the meantime.

Employers are using a backward-looking evaluation process that is time-consuming for managers, demotivating for workers and of negligible benefit to the company as a whole.