Benefit management

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

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

The retailer’s benefits director says about 20% of its workers are using Even, which allows employees to receive wages before their next pay period.

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 fuel distributor partnered with Accolade to offer new coverage to its rural workforce.

Although workers may feel ready to sign up for benefits, they spend little time researching offerings, per UnitedHealthcare survey.

The retailer’s benefits director says about 20% of its workers are using Even, which allows employees to receive wages before their next pay period.

The IRS is expected to release guidance saying that business meals will continue to be 50% deductible.

The budgetary challenge of this on-again, off-again Congressional approach is that when the tax returns, fully insured renewals naturally go up about 4% more than they would have otherwise.

Although workers may feel ready to sign up for benefits, they spend little time researching offerings, per a UnitedHealthcare survey.

Employers need to add compassionate leave and time to grieve when developing time off policies that employees will use when major life events occur.

Incentive stock options can provide “special” tax treatment to the recipients if certain requirements are satisfied.

While loyalty and engagement is a complex matter, employers must find the right balance of perks that workers want and will use.

The budgetary challenge of this on-again, off-again Congressional approach is that when the tax returns, fully insured renewals naturally go up about 4% more than they would have otherwise.

The HR consulting firm has a new owner and a mandate to deploy its data analysis tools to better help companies.

Employers need to add compassionate leave and time to grieve when developing time off policies that employees will use when major life events occur.

Forget bad business decisions on commission splits and hiring choices — the most reckless and irresponsible decisions we’ve seen is the public hostility at carriers and all they represent.

Scrapping performance reviews, eliminating merit-based pay and greater pay transparency are attracting greater attention from employers seeking to build high-performing teams.

Scrapping performance reviews, eliminating merit-based pay and greater pay transparency are attracting greater attention from employers seeking to build high-performing teams.

Couldn't make it to the Benefits Forum & Expo? Find out how benefits professionals from Facebook, Activision Blizzard, Purdue University and Optanix are not only shaping their respective companies — they’re reinventing the industry.