Top 20 workplaces for parents
Employers including American Express, Deloitte and Salesforce offer benefits including paid parental leave, fertility treatments and flexible schedules that make moms and dads happy at work and at home.
Benefit management
Sun Life-Maxwell deal may signal more insurance acquisitions ahead
As tech drives M&A activity, more insurers seek vertical integration to improve user experiences and broaden benefit portfolios.
Exclusive Research Benefits pros failing to communicate
But a well-conceived marketing campaign can help advisers dramatically improve their clients’ open enrollment outcomes.
Supercuts taps Decisely to offer employee benefits to employees
The hair-salon chain chooses a benefits and HR services firm to deliver services to its franchise owners and workers.
Sun Life-Maxwell deal may signal more insurance acquisitions ahead
As tech drives M&A activity, more insurers seek vertical integration to improve user experiences and broaden benefit portfolios.
Benefitfocus platform expands distribution channel
New BenefitsPlace offering features standard integrations, educational videos, custom messaging and broker-friendly design.
Supercuts taps Decisely to offer employee benefits to employees
The hair-salon chain chooses a benefits and HR services firm to deliver services to its franchise owners and workers.
Benefits Think Hardship withdrawal compliance makes retirement plan administration easy (well, easier, anyway)
Recent IRS guidance and legislative changes show hardship withdrawals is an area where both plan sponsors and participants may still have questions.
Belinda S. Morgan
Foley & Lardner LLP
Benefits Think The Massachusetts Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is now in effect: What clients need to know
The act establishes pregnancy as a protected class under Massachusetts law and protects employees and prospective employees who are pregnant or have a pregnancy-related condition from discrimination and retaliation.
Daniel R. Long
Foley & Lardner
Benefits Think The DOL Audit: Understanding the spectrum of risk
Investigations rarely happen out of the blue — they tend to occur because someone invited investigation. So, what can employers and their service providers do to avoid one?
Jason Grantz
Unified Trust Company
Tanimura & Antle contributes $21.7 million to employee stock ownership plan
The payment allows the plan to allocate shares of stock to each eligible worker valued at nearly 18% of eligible wages earned during 2017.
Benefitfocus platform expands distribution channel
New BenefitsPlace offering features standard integrations, educational videos, custom messaging and broker-friendly design.
Alera Group’s new compliance director to set best practices
As the brokerage grows by leaps and bounds, it names a regulatory compliance leader to help firms deal with new laws.
Benefits Think 4 tips for how to talk benefits with millennials
While advisers tend to see them as younger workers, these employees are getting married, starting families and purchasing more benefits through their employers.
Cy Moser
Trustmark Voluntary Benefits Solutions
Concentra expands telemedicine program
The virtual healthcare provider is also extending employee access to its telerehab program to 11 additional states.
Student loan benefits poised to take off
With college obligations ballooning to $1.48 trillion, a growing number of employers are offering aid — and Congress may offer some relief.
Rebranding benefits: Goodbye ‘voluntary.’ Hello ‘enhanced’
With a little name change, brokers are attempting to separate themselves from carrier rep competitors to form stronger partnerships with healthcare adviser specialists.
Benefits Think Is your maternity program up to par? 3 questions to ask
Employers should start by asking if their benefits are relevant to their workforce.
Paris Wallace
Ovia Health
Benefits Think ‘High’ stakes for employers dealing with evolving cannabis laws
The evolving legalization of marijuana for both medical and recreational uses continues to cause workplace issues for employers.
Patrick J. McMahon
Foley & Lardner LLP
Benefits Think Technology for benefits communications: What are you waiting for?
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.
Lisa Beyer
Willis Towers Watson