Employers, employees view voluntary benefits as mandatory
ID theft protection, pet insurance, long-term care insurance, critical-illness insurance and hospital indemnity are seen as essential aspect of modern employment.
Benefit management
Benefits Think IRS retroactively reduces HSA contribution limit
Employees with family coverage in a health savings account may feel the effects in their tax bills for 2018.
Nicole Bogard
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Predictive modeling: Employers’ new defense against kidney disease costs
Faced with surging costs for the chronic condition, some companies are turning to provider Advanced Plan for Health, which helps firms identify hidden medical expenses.
Oracle’s NetSuite helps Fisher Unitech recognize outstanding workers
The 3D printing supplies company implemented the HCM system to streamline HR functions and engage employees.
Benefits Think 7 things to know about New York’s paid family leave law
Benefits managers with employees in the Empire State need to consider eligibility, qualifying events and coordination with accrued PTO policies.
Ellen McCann
Unum
Benefits Think Group captives: A cost-effective alternative to traditional health insurance
For small to midsize employers, these vehicles provide numerous advantages previously only available to larger enterprises.
Robert Carrington
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants
Lockton acquires E3 Solutions in move to expand into the Western U.S.
To support its push, the benefits broker will leverage E3’s client base and mobile enrollment tools.
Predictive modeling: Employers’ new defense against kidney disease costs
Faced with surging costs for the chronic condition, some companies are turning to provider Advanced Plan for Health, which helps firms identify hidden medical expenses.
Benefits Think Using comprehensive disability coverage to rein in benefit costs
Advisers should consider these programs to help employer clients control medical expenses while maintaining employee coverage levels.
Jung Ryu
The Standard
Benefits Think 7 things to know about New York’s paid family leave law
Benefits managers with employees in the Empire State need to consider eligibility, qualifying events and coordination with accrued PTO policies.
Ellen McCann
Unum
Benefits Think Group captives: A cost-effective alternative to traditional health insurance
For small to midsize employers, these vehicles provide numerous advantages previously only available to larger enterprises.
Robert Carrington
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants
Benefits Think Employers, beware these two letters from the IRS
The agency uses Letters 226J and 227 to assess ACA penalties, and firms that receive them could have millions at stake.
Joanna Kim-Brunetti
Trusaic
Benefits Think How benefits, finance pros should align to manage health costs
Medical trend, workforce health and operational efficiency and employee productivity are three key metrics to consider when evaluating ROI.
Ken Hahn
Collective Health
Benefits Think American participants in foreign retirement plans need clearer rules
GAO requests that the IRS clarify how taxpayers report their participation to gain understanding of plans that could lead to exemption.
David Powell
Groom Law Group
Benefits Think Can hiring a competitor’s employee be an antitrust problem?
Are there any issues involved in nabbing top talent? The answer is: there can be.
Benjamin Dryden
Foley & Lardner LLP
Benefits Think Stock plans do not substitute for an ERISA plan
A court determined that when the primary purpose of a stock ownership plan is something other than deferring income or providing retirement income, ERISA may not govern.
Patrick Begos
Robinson+Cole
Benefit pros on the move: New hires inside HealthJoy, AHIP, OneAmerica and other leading employee benefit firms
A number of employee benefit adviser veterans found new jobs and job titles inside brokerages, insurance firms and private companies.
Updated Kronos Workforce Ready reduces employee onboarding time
The refreshed mobile app allows employees and HR executives to navigate benefit enrollment, payroll and scheduling tasks with fewer taps of the screen.
Updated Kronos Workforce Ready reduces employee onboarding time
The refreshed mobile app allows employees and HR executives to navigate benefit enrollment, payroll and scheduling tasks with fewer taps of the screen.
Benefits Think Advisers, beware these two letters from the IRS
The agency uses Letters 226J and 227 to assess ACA penalties from employers, and clients who receive them could have millions at stake.
Joanna Kim-Brunetti
Trusaic