Benefit management

Today, people are factoring finances in their decision to become parents — or not. Benefit teams can help ease the minds of employees who want to take on the responsibility of raising children.

Social influencers shared moments from EBN and EBA’s annual conference, where employers like Activision Blizzard and Walmart talked about how they’re approaching their benefits strategies.

The model notice that employers must provide before participants receive an “eligible rollover distribution” from a qualified 401(a), a 403(b), or 457(b) plan has changed.

EBN and EBA’s annual conference delved deep into hot benefit trends, employer strategies and employee engagement.

When designing and administering a severance arrangement, employers can take definitive steps to ensure that the arrangement is compliant.

New technologies, greater competition and rising prices are complicating the role of today’s benefit brokers. How do they cope?

Amazon is eliminating monthly bonuses and stock awards for warehouse workers and other hourly employees.

Multiple-job holders made up 5.1% of the total employed in August, and the share has been hovering around 5% since the expansion began in mid-2009.

When designing and administering a severance arrangement, employers can take definitive steps to ensure that the arrangement is treated as an ERISA plan.

Virtual medical care can help with chronic conditions and reduce employee sick days but employers need to educate workers.