Advance Financial adds paid family leave for new parents
The financial services company boosted its benefits package, adding paid leave perks for new parents after the birth or adoption of a child.
Benefit management
Brokers say employers, carriers need to embrace benefits tech
Adding quality metrics on physicians is just one advantage for the benefits industry — if it manages to evolve from its paper-based roots.
Brokers say employers, carriers need to embrace benefits tech
Adding quality metrics on physicians is just one advantage for the benefits industry — if it manages to evolve from its paper-based roots.
Benefits Think Top 3 cost-containment tips for your clients
Brokers looking to show their value can help employers manage benefit costs with these strategies.
Eric Rentsch
Zywave
Benefits Think Are you offering the right benefits? Look to benchmarking, surveys for answers
With benefits becoming more important to job prospects, querying employees about what they want can help employers build the right offerings.
Harrison Newman
Corporate Synergies
HR, benefits tech finds a home in the cloud
Clients want more cloud-based technologies for faster updates and easier integration, says PwC’s HR technology leader.
HR, benefits tech finds a home in the cloud
Employers want more cloud-based technologies for faster updates and easier integration, says PwC’s HR technology leader.
100 employers add breast milk shipping benefit
Hilton, Hyland and Kohler are among the companies that recently partnered with provider Milk Stork to offer the benefit to employees who travel for work.
Bloomberg expands gender-neutral paid parental leave
The updated policy, which now gives primary caregivers 26 weeks of time off, is double the average in the communication and finance industries, the media company says.
Benefits Think Playing catch-up: Family leave legislation gaining momentum — to an extent
Nearly half a dozen proposals are now circulating on Capitol Hill, but will one actually pass?
Anna Steffeney
LeaveLogic
Hello, Bennie: How Hershey is using AI to engage workers in benefits
The chocolate maker has rolled out a virtual benefits assistant to help its employees understand their plan coverage.
Hello, Bennie: How Hershey is using AI to engage workers in benefits
The chocolate maker has rolled out a virtual benefits assistant to help its employees understand their plan coverage.
Benefits Think 3 ways to stand out ahead of open enrollment season
Advisers who spend time auditing sales strategy and finding ways to stand out can lead to new business before open enrollment.
Alex Tolbert
BerniePortal
Benefits Think What I learned while updating my company’s pregnancy benefits
Employers need to step in to close the gap for expectant workers and their families.
Josephine Berisha
XPO Logistics
Employer mandates vaccines for 4,000 workers
More companies are offering flu vaccinations, with some workplaces — including Affinity Living Group — making them mandatory.
Employers rally behind proposed legislation protecting pregnant workers
Microsoft, Levi Strauss, XPO Logistics and more are calling on Congress to pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which would require employers to make accommodations for expectant mothers in the workplace.
How technology can improve benefits communication
Interactive websites, mobile optimization and social media can give benefits administrators new ways of engaging with plan participants.
Will medical marijuana become part of your benefits mix?
Health plans have largely avoided covering cannabis, but with momentum for new therapeutic applications, that could change.
How technology can improve benefits communication
Interactive websites, mobile optimization and social media can give benefits administrators new ways of engaging with plan participants.
New tool shows workers how their benefits selections stack up
Many employees aren’t taking advantage of the benefits they’re offered, according to Benefitfocus's new index tool. But employers can help.
