Paid leave policies must expand beyond birth, death
Employers need to add compassionate leave and time to grieve when developing time off policies that employees will use when major life events occur.
Benefit management
Benefits Think Incentive compensation that is never subject to income tax — too good to be true?
Incentive stock options can provide “special” tax treatment to the recipients if certain requirements are satisfied.
Casey K. Fleming
Foley & Lardner
Benefits Think The right benefits can drive employee retention
While loyalty and engagement is a complex matter, employers must find the right balance of perks that workers want and will use.
Chris Bruce
Thomsons Online Benefits
Benefits Think The approaching ACA premium tax moratorium – take 2
The budgetary challenge of this on-again, off-again Congressional approach is that when the tax returns, fully insured renewals naturally go up about 4% more than they would have otherwise.
Zack Pace
CBIZ
How Buck is helping employers dig deep into benefits data
The HR consulting firm has a new owner and a mandate to deploy its data analysis tools to better help companies.
Paid leave policies must expand beyond birth, death
Employers need to add compassionate leave and time to grieve when developing time off policies that employees will use when major life events occur.
Benefits Think Attention, angry brokers: Time to simmer down
Forget bad business decisions on commission splits and hiring choices — the most reckless and irresponsible decisions we’ve seen is the public hostility at carriers and all they represent.
Wendy Keneipp
Q4intelligence
Top three compensation trends for 2018
Scrapping performance reviews, eliminating merit-based pay and greater pay transparency are attracting greater attention from employers seeking to build high-performing teams.
Top three compensation trends for 2018
Scrapping performance reviews, eliminating merit-based pay and greater pay transparency are attracting greater attention from employers seeking to build high-performing teams.
EBN’s Benny Award winners aim to reinvent industry
Couldn't make it to the Benefits Forum & Expo? Find out how benefits professionals from Facebook, Activision Blizzard, Purdue University and Optanix are not only shaping their respective companies — they’re reinventing the industry.
Benefits Think Rethinking your brokerage? Start from scratch
Step 1: To prepare yourself for growing your benefit advisery, imagine that you are starting new one right now.
Jack Kwicien
Daymark Advisors
Noodles & Company unveils rare phase-out, phase-in maternity program
New moms at the chain can work an 80% schedule at 100% pay for four weeks before and after maternity leave, in addition to getting six weeks of paid leave.
Podcast Talkin’ ‘bout my generation with DirectPath’s Kim Buckey
From baby boomers to Generation Z, benefits plans need to be tailored to meet broad generational needs.
Podcast Talkin’ ‘bout my generation with DirectPath’s Kim Buckey
From baby boomers to Generation Z, benefits plans need to be tailored to meet broad generational needs.
Walmart mulls perks to attract new hires in tight labor market
The nation’s biggest private employer asked hourly workers to rate potential incentives, including a sign-on bonus, child-care services, tutoring, pet care and gym memberships.
How Buck is helping employers dig deep into benefits data
The HR consulting firm has a new owner and a mandate to deploy its data analysis tools and knowledge to better help clients
Employers boost benefits at faster pace than salaries
The average cost of benefits rose 2.9%, while the cost of wages rose by 2.7%, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
University of Virginia adds paid parental leave benefit
The university will offer up to eight weeks of time off to mothers and fathers following the arrival of a child.
Noodles & Company unveils rare phase-out, phase-in maternity program
New moms at the chain can work an 80% schedule at 100% pay for four weeks before and after maternity leave, in addition to getting six weeks of paid leave.
Benefits Think Parental leave benefits are under scrutiny – be sure yours don’t discriminate
While these perks are welcome among new parents, they can come at a cost if employers are not careful about how they implement their parental leave policies.
John Litchfield
Foley & Lardner