Benefit management

The coverage can be a top-of-mind benefit year-round, decreasing stress levels and saving time.

Advisers should help clients ensure that separation benefits are fair, timely and backed by company support.

The U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped a clash over Houston’s practice of providing benefits to the same-sex spouses of city employees, leaving intact a Texas Supreme Court decision that calls the city’s policy into question.

There are several provisions in the upper chamber’s text that alter existing tax treatment, and experts predict those elements will win out in final law.

Platforms have progressed from providing education to offering true decision support and guidance for workers.

Advisers should help clients ensure that separation benefits are fair, timely and backed by company support.

Industry experts say the resulting rise in costs is likely to shift to employers and other stable health insurance consumers.

Though the tax legislation is mostly praised for leaving 401(k)s unscathed, new pass-through deduction could impact whether some small businesses offer the benefit.

GOP plan includes a repeal of Obamacare’s mandate that most Americans have health insurance or pay a penalty.

How an acquisition is structured, as a stock sale or an asset sale, could affect the continuation of employee perks.

The feature will let employers push individualized notices to their staffs.

There are times when employers can catch lightning in a bottle using the jurisdictional defense in court.

Workforce management provider introduces new technology to enable automated employee schedule management, shift bids and more.

A need to reach employees working remotely in nine states was an obstacle for benefit signup. Finding Swahili speakers was another.

Workforce management provider introduces new technology to enable automated employee schedule management, shift bids and more.

As of now, 401(k) plans and IRAs won’t be changed, which is good news for employers and employees, but anything could happen, experts say.

Employees in the U.S. and Sweden can choose which days to work, regardless if it’s a public holiday.

A need to reach employees working remotely in nine states was an obstacle for benefit signup. Finding Swahili speakers was another.

Not all workplace perks are equal, but there are some that are extremely popular among employees, according to Glassdoor research.