Regulation

With 2017 open enrollment beginning, adviser expertise needs to extend beyond just benefits and insurance, says Courtney Simpkiss, ADP’s VP, broker strategy.

When it comes to healthcare proposals such as Paul Ryan and the GOP’s latest, gradual is better, says adviser Craig Hasday.

Companies should immediately review their pay scales for employees and make adjustments where they see fit to either begin paying overtime or to raise salaries to correspond to the new change.

Chicago's recent PTO ordinance is only the latest example of a nationwide trend to mandate that employers provide paid time off to employees to care for themselves or their families — a trend certain to continue and expand.

The definition of the platform may be a reason why few large employers have moved thus far, panel says.

Debating the merits of presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in the office is not a constitutional right for private-sector employees, says attorney Michael C. Schmidt.

As the fiduciary rule creates challenges to old ways of growing retirement assets, it’s time to consider another source of growth: portability solutions.

Post-ACA, more and more small companies have stopped offering insurance for employees.

Compliance, creativity, clarification and confusion reign in employee benefits, says Eric T. Helman, chief strategy officer at Hodges-Mace.

Generally speaking, many employers do not think about ERISA when it comes to severance, whether at the front end, when employment agreements or policies are negotiated and planned, or at the back end, when termination occurs and the severance is paid.