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As employers establish procedures to manage their liabilities under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, brokers will be held to a new standard.

An employee benefits attorney and the chief medical officer at American Addiction Centers weigh in on insurer compliance with the Mental Health Parity Act.

Hourly workers are nearly 10% more likely to experience slightly or extremely unpredictable schedules, which is starting to take a toll

The retailer's hiring and warehouse-building binge during the pandemic is catching up with the company as e-commerce sales growth inevitably slows.

Scott Beeman joined Aflac as senior vice president; president of Premier Life, Absence and Disability Solutions (PLADS) in 2020, responsible for leading all aspects of Aflac’s PLADS business. With more than 20 years of leadership experience in the insurance and health care industry, Scott is a visionary with a proven track record of channeling his passion and creativity not only into driving revenue and profitable growth, but also into instituting scalable and sustainable infrastructures and leading the pace and progress of restructurings, product development, and organizational change management programs to realize growth and create new value.

Prior to joining Aflac, Scott was president and chief operating officer of Benefit Harbor Insurance Services, LLC. He also previously served as head of Business Strategy, Operations and IT for the Life, Disability and Absence Management program at Zurich, responsible for the creation of the overall strategic value proposition and execution of its life insurance and disability operations with emphasis on the growth of the group life insurance business. Prior to joining Zurich, Scott held numerous leadership positions with Aetna, including head of Life and Long Term Care Businesses and chief executive officer of Aetna Workforce Availability, where he successfully demonstrated the ability to launch and exponentially grow both new and well established businesses. Prior to joining Aetna, Scott held positions of increasing responsibility in various sectors of the health care industry. He previously co-founded his own company, specializing in Internet-based information systems for the high-tech medical equipment sector, which he successfully negotiated for sale in 2001.

Within his local community, Scott serves on the board of The Cove Center for Grieving Children. He holds a Bachelor of Science in health policy and management from Providence College in Rhode Island and earned a certificate of professional development in executive leadership from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Employees have a lot on their plates — here’s how to help them manage their stress and strike a healthier balance in and out of work.

Employees will now be permanently able to work from anywhere — including their home, the office or while traveling in different countries.

Marla Willner is the head of commercial credit management and strategic Initiatives for TD Bank. She is also executive sponsor of the bank's Women in Leadership Employee Group.

Since many are inclined to perform above average, a thoughtful approach will help keep talent from walking out the door.