Benefit management

The advice environment for participant rollover choices is muddled as plan providers struggle to gear up for the DOL’s rule.

The advice environment for participant rollover choices is muddled as plan providers struggle to gear up for the DOL’s rule.

The DOL and IRS announced a proposal to implement significant changes to forms and regulations that govern annual employee benefit plan reporting.

The practice can help workers regulate emotions, which can make them more effective leaders, managers and decision-makers.

Centralizing human resources departments offers new ways to boost employee engagement and productivity.

As recruiting and retention efforts heat up, employers need to think outside the box when it comes to offerings, says EBN’s new editor.

Employees have many destructive behaviors when it comes to their finances. Here’s how employers can help stop them.

HR managers will soon begin to feel pressured to increase compensation and workplace perks at the risk of losing top workers, new research indicates.

Companies should immediately review their pay scales for employees and make adjustments where they see fit to either begin paying overtime or to raise salaries to correspond to the new change.

Chicago's recent PTO ordinance is only the latest example of a nationwide trend to mandate that employers provide paid time off to employees to care for themselves or their families — a trend certain to continue and expand.

Health benefits and well-being plans are crucial to retaining top talent, but many workers feel employers don’t view it as a priority.

When addressing plans for life and finances after work, employers should focus their message to specific age groups, OneAmerica research suggests.

Appetite for worksite benefits remains strong as employers set high standards for vendors, according to the 2016 Employee Benefit News annual survey.

Despite what the skeptics say, working remotely doesn’t mean lounging around all day in pajamas. In fact, those who work from home have five big advantages over employees who commute to an office.

Compliance, creativity, clarification and confusion reign in employee benefits, says Eric T. Helman, chief strategy officer at Hodges-Mace.

Generally speaking, many employers do not think about ERISA when it comes to severance, whether at the front end, when employment agreements or policies are negotiated and planned, or at the back end, when termination occurs and the severance is paid.

Health benefits and well-being plans are crucial to retaining top talent, but many workers feel employers don’t view it as a priority.

Many employers will be subject to the change for incidences that take place in 2016, says United Benefit Advisors’ Nancy Bourque.

Employers are starting to catch on to its importance, especially as they roll out programs like HDHPs, wellness coaching, price transparency, EAPs and second opinion services.

The new penalties for the Employee Retirement Income Security Act are set to climb next month.