Benefit communication

The hair-salon chain chooses a benefits and HR services firm to deliver services to its franchise owners and workers.

New BenefitsPlace offering features standard integrations, educational videos, custom messaging and broker-friendly design.

The hair-salon chain chooses a benefits and HR services firm to deliver services to its franchise owners and workers.

The payment allows the plan to allocate shares of stock to each eligible worker valued at nearly 18% of eligible wages earned during 2017.

New BenefitsPlace offering features standard integrations, educational videos, custom messaging and broker-friendly design.

While advisers tend to see them as younger workers, these employees are getting married, starting families and purchasing more benefits through their employers.

The virtual healthcare provider is also extending employee access to its telerehab program to 11 additional states.

With college obligations ballooning to $1.48 trillion, a growing number of employers are offering aid — and Congress may offer some relief.

Employers should start by asking if their benefits are relevant to their workforce.

Employers who don’t embrace digital options run the risk of looking archaic and out of touch among younger generations who are more tech-savvy.

A New England adviser integrates group, voluntary and individual products to ensure workers have control of their own healthcare throughout their lives.

Walmart will fund college degrees for its U.S. workforce, the latest benefit rolled out to reduce turnover and counter criticism over its treatment of staff.

The benefits management platform and services provider says the new offering will help employees feel more aligned with the company’s success.

The fast food chain will award $14.5 million in scholarships to more than 5,700 workers during the 2018-19 academic year.

Many workers aren’t using their pre-tax dollars as wisely as they could. But employers can help them avoid inappropriate care with tools that support informed medical decision-making.

By understanding what workers need — then designing offerings to meet those needs and targeting communications by workforce segment — employers can reduce turnover, improve productivity and increase employee satisfaction.

Employee Benefit News, in partnership with business intelligence data analytics firm miEdge, introduces the top 25 large-group voluntary insurance carriers in the country.

Recruiting, hiring and utilizing topnotch salespeople requires time, effort and a different set of skills.

At an ‘underground’ sales seminar, brokers learned new techniques for prying clients away from their entrenched competitors.

Awareness and cost concerns are the primary reasons companies don’t offer the one-time bedrock benefit, experts say.