Benefit strategies

From Silicon Valley to Wall Street, a growing number of companies are encouraging mothers — and fathers — to take time off to care for their newborns. Should you follow suit?

For small businesses, a sense of community is key to retaining employees.

Plan participants cash out retirement funds at alarming rates, and participants need to have services available to help them make good decisions at the time of a job change, says Retirement Clearinghouse’s Spencer Williams.

A study from Xerox finds that employers are using benefits such as critical illness and accident insurance to give employees peace of mind when it comes to money matters.

Employers should work with vendors, attorneys to amend their product menu before regulations come into effect, says benefits consultant Zack Pace.

Handling domestic healthcare, insurance can be complicated, but what if the job is on the other side of the globe?

Combining voluntary with major medical offerings in today’s self-service technology environment allows brokers to improve participation.

When it comes to financial fitness, Bahati VanPelt aims to have retired NFLers be as successful off the field as they were on it.

The industry’s best benefits professionals help us realize there’s more to the business than talking regulatory matters or embracing the latest technology; it’s about how to best serve employees.

Plan participants cash out retirement funds at alarming rates, and participants need to have services available to help them make good decisions at the time of a job change, says Retirement Clearinghouse’s Spencer Williams.

To ensure customer success and retention, employers must be able to understand and provide answers to these inquiries, Zane Benefits explains.

How BJ’s Wholesale Club’s vice president of human resources operations got 25,000 employees to get healthy, quit smoking and finally understand how their benefits work.

Wellness vendors are completely unregulated and need to use a code of conduct to remain ethical, says Quizzify’s Al Lewis.

More than a third of global companies have a policy in place, but efforts in the United States still fall short, Mercer finds.

Different age groups need tailored perks, says Businessolver exec Rae Shanahan.

Employers should reward work consistently, frequently, says RPG Card Services VP Julie Feece.

C-suite participation on networks like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter helps solve internal communication problems.

Employers may not realize how the programs integrate and could be paying for too much coverage — or not enough, says the Principal’s Bruce Hentschel.

HR execs need to lead by example, says consultant Erin McGinty

The upcoming change to salary requirements to the overtime exemptions under the FLSA has garnered a lot of attention. However, even with a strong emphasis on the changes to the salary requirement, employers should not lose focus on the duties portion of the test.