Benefit management

The U.S. retirement age is rising, as the government pushes it higher and workers stay in careers longer.

All U.S. lawyers who are primary caregivers will be eligible for 20 weeks of paid time off; secondary caregivers will receive eight weeks.

Employers in the Bay State will have to provide more frequent breaks, job restructuring and modified work schedules.

Preston Rutledge, who has years of federal government service experience, ‘is not a divisive figure' and is expected to seek bipartisan input on topics such as the fiduciary rule.

The energy management company will give employees paid time off to bond with a new child, to care for a family member and to grieve a death.

Finding young talent in the advising field can be difficult, as evidenced by the growing median age of advisers, but family firms are enlisting children and grandchildren as eventual successors.

Preston Rutledge, who has years of federal government service experience, ‘is not a divisive figure' and is expected to seek bipartisan input on topics such as the fiduciary rule.

The energy management company will give employees paid time off to bond with a new child, to care for a family member and to grieve a death.

Given the uncertainty surrounding the individual market, intermittent workers will increasingly look to their place of employment for quality, payroll-deducted group benefits.

In a new book, private exchange pioneer Alan Cohen touts advantages of choice in the employer-sponsored healthcare market.

Voluntary benefit consultancy foregoes “one size, fits most” plans to target specific workers and their needs, such as buying a new home.

Student loan repayment, flexible work schedules and retirement funding are among the perks younger workers are looking for from an employer.

The employer group claims that OregonSaves obstructed federal law with reporting requirement.

Employers began leveraging data to personalize social interactions six years ago. Now, it’s seeped into corporate life and drives HR offerings.

Employers began leveraging data to personalize social interactions six years ago. Now, it’s seeped into corporate life and drives HR offerings.

Companies can add a monthly allowance for workers and offer transportation as a commuter benefit.

New offering has one simple goal: to give human resource execs and innovators a look over the horizon.

Many human resource execs underestimate the potential ROI and the difference between vendors, but Nucleus Research’s Brent Skinner says the missteps are avoidable.

BetterUp, Shiftgig and TINYpulse are some of the hot tech innovators that are shaking up the industry.

In order to engage and boost talent, employers should look at newer technologies and be more flexible in an increasingly digital world, experts say.