Lowe’s expands concierge service to full-time employees
The home improvement store partnered with healthcare concierge company Accolade to manage its population health more efficiently.
Benefit management
Here’s what HR execs need to think about before making tech buys
Gartner’s Brian Kropp says not every digital HR system is right for every organization.
Gay couples still miss out on corporate benefits, group says
After the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in 2015, some big companies stopped offering domestic-partner benefits, assuming committed same-sex couples would just get married.
Benefits Think Digital HR tools can help combat worker dissatisfaction
Disengaged employees cost organizations between $450 and $550 billion every year.
Anna Mittag
LifeSpeak
Filings for jobless benefits show steady U.S. job market
Even with an increase last week, the level of U.S. filings for unemployment benefits indicates steady demand for workers.
Deloitte upgrades labor analytics tool
Enhancement is designed to help employers find relationships between HR costs and productivity.
Simplify business to better engage workforce
Employees in complex organizations tend to be more inactive and prone to looking for other opportunities.
Deloitte upgrades labor analytics tool
Enhancement is designed to help employers find relationships between HR costs and productivity.
Benefits Think Is your company right for an ESOP?
Companies in close-knit communities are often best suited for employee stock ownership plans.
Harvey Katz
Fox Rothschild
Here’s what HR execs need to think about before making tech buys
Gartner’s Brian Kropp says not every digital HR system is right for every organization.
Pfizer adopts PinnacleCare’s advisory service to simplify employee care
The drugmaker hopes it will improve outcomes and reduce health costs for its 30,000 staffers.
Benefits Think How to reunite employees with their old 401(k) accounts
Workers often don’t aggregate old retirement savings plans at new jobs, leaving behind orphaned accounts that need attention.
Spencer Williams
Portability Services Network and Retirement Clearinghouse
Pfizer adopts PinnacleCare’s advisory service to simplify employee care
The drugmaker hopes it will improve outcomes and reduce health costs for its 30,000 staffers.
Q&A: Why millennial small business owners are investing in benefits
Carriers need to focus their digital efforts on education to attract younger clients, says Amy Friedrich of Principal Financial Group.
Benefits Think A closer look at the proposed delay of disability claims and appeals procedures
Even though the DOL has given employers a brief reprieve for applying new disability regulations to ERISA plan claims, changes are likely.
Ken Mason
Spencer Fane
Exclusive Research Employer readiness for open enrollment hits all-time high
Plan designs are mostly in place, but employers seen needing help of advisers to explain benefit changes.
7 careers with the fastest growing salaries
Some industries are noticing a boom in the search for talent, and these professions are seeing a big spike in compensation as the need for gifted employees intensifies.
Experts caution tax reform could force employers to stop offering 401(k)s
A proposal that deals with pass-through entities could cause businesses to reconsider adopting or maintaining retirement plans because of significant financial disincentives.
Benefits Think 4 of the hottest digital HR technologies
PwC research from across the globe identifies a range of applications that are changing the way human resources are managed.
Dan Staley
PwC
DOL appeals decision on overtime rule
The agency’s move looks to get the regulation out of the court system so the Department of Labor can rework it.
