Benefit management

Employers that offer MetLaw can provide their employees with identity theft protection.

Employers that offer MetLaw can provide their employees with identity theft protection.

While the increase to the minimum salary required to be exempt from overtime requirements never came, the current administration has indicated that it still intends to raise the threshold.

Despite uncertainty over reform efforts in Washington, employers need to prepare for next year now.

Advisers must help employers who want to attract top talent to offer their employees a wide array of product options.

Employers must implement a program that sends a clear signal to employees that it’s a truly accepted practice, says MIT professor Erin Kelly.

Jobs resource website Glassdoor released its annual rankings of top employers based on workers’ evaluations. These companies are the cream of the crop.

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

While the increase to the minimum salary required to be exempt from overtime requirements never came, the current administration has indicated that it still intends to raise the threshold.

Comprehensive onboarding, employee recognition programs, company events and mentoring are key.

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.

Government workers will receive six weeks of paid time for birth, adoption or taking care of an immediate family member.

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.