Benefit management

The HR provider platform is partnering with Guardian and Transamerica to include several new offerings to its package.

Hurricane Florence is bound to raise questions about a firm’s obligation to provide time off under laws such as the FMLA. Here’s what employers need to know.

Companies should divide up responsibility, develop a communications plan, contact their insurer and be supportive of employees.

New technology that allows workers to access wages between pay periods have frightening similarities to payday loans.

A ping pong table in the break room is nice but the new generation of employees is looking for serious offerings when considering an employer.

EBN’s 2018 Benefits Professional of the Year, Renee Albert, has led the social media giant in ramping up paid parental, bereavement and caregiving leave — along with a slew of other enviable benefits. But her most game-changing initiative is calling on other employers to do the same.

The HR provider platform is partnering with Guardian and Transamerica to include several new offerings to its package.

Hurricane Florence is bound to raise questions about a firm’s obligation to provide time off under laws such as the FMLA. Here’s what employers need to know.

The marketplace and food hall now offers its employees eight weeks of time off following the birth or adoption of a child.

EBA’s Advisers of the Year stand out for their work in retirement planning, voluntary benefits, wellness and technology.

EBA’s Voluntary Adviser of the Year explains why guiding employees through the murky waters of purchasing voluntary benefits is so satisfying.

What impresses me most about EBN’s Benefits Professional of the Year isn’t just what she’s done at Facebook, but what she’s trying to do to move the entire industry.

Companies, for instance, need to determine whether closing the office for the storm means having to pay employees who stay home.

EBN’s 2018 Benefits Professional of the Year, Renee Albert, has led the social media giant in ramping up paid parental, bereavement and caregiving leave — along with a slew of other enviable benefits. But her most game-changing initiative is calling on other employers to do the same.

Uber Technologies may be cutting costs by misclassifying its California drivers as independent contractors, according to a lawsuit.

The ruling is a step in the right direction. But be warned: There are too many unknowns for companies to begin offering the program.

The ruling is a step in the right direction. But be warned: There are too many unknowns for companies to begin offering the program.

As state and local municipalities plant the regulatory seeds to stem the pay gap between men and women, clients need to remain vigilant as a patchwork of policies blankets the nation.

As state and local municipalities plant the regulatory seeds to stem the pay gap between men and women, employers need to remain vigilant as the patchwork of policies blankets the nation.

Companies often get overtime compliance wrong and those mistakes can get very expensive, very quickly.