Benefit management

The a la carte program helps small businesses keep compliant while serving the benefit needs of the workforce.

The program, which is in collaboration with vendor Best Upon Request, helps expecting and new mothers balance home and work life.

Employers should prioritize employee communications, perform face-to-face re-enrollments each year and measure results.

Employers must take great care to avoid a situation where it is deemed a worker was fired because of the claim.

Hodges-Mace president and CTO Kevin Andrews says mobile apps could redefine how employers communicate with workers.

Opportunities abound for brokers who take advantage of online solutions.

The popularity of supplemental coverage — including accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity insurance — continues to rise as employers assist workers in combating high medical prices.

Senate bill would remove noncompliance penalty, but observers caution industry to withhold any celebration of a change in the definition of a full-time employee.

The credit card giant said a meeting with Facebook inspired the move to give employees up to four weeks of paid time off to grieve the loss of a family member.

As companies struggle to stay ahead of changing regulations, they might consider outsourcing absence management to a qualified vendor to offset some of the burden.