Atlanta-based OneDigital is the company’s first brokerage partner and will take over the San Francisco firm’s 7,000 client list.

As the labor market tightens, annual frontline rates have soared over 100%, costing business leaders more than $10 billion per year.

At EBN’s Benefits Forum & Expo, U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis discussed his bill, which would make company contributions tax exempt.

Strategies include moving to high-deductible health plans and making tradeoffs across benefits packages.

The advancement of cross-vendor analytics, prescription, engagement and measurement brought on by the democratization of big data is enabling brokers and consultants to better plan performance, says Hodges-Mace's Eric Helman.

The financial giant tries to ease new parents’ concerns by providing guidance on its leave program and working with managers to help them understand the challenges those workers face in their new roles.

By identifying and then treating issues that are hindering a variety of savings goals, employers can help workers feel more secure in purchasing a new home, funding college education, acquiring emergency funds and more.

There are five key attributes that make a successful combination of high-tech and high-touch actions to drive beneficial health and cost-saving decisions.

Under current interpretations of agency's final rule, blanket post-accident drug testing policies could be considered retaliatory and in violation of the rule.

Savings are only as safe as the places that hold personal information, expert says.

Most brokers see themselves contending with ben admin platform vendors and outsourcers for business.

As the labor market tightens, annual frontline rates have soared over 100%, costing business leaders more than $10 billion per year.

Employers need to make sure they are using the new summary of benefits and coverage template and comply with reporting requirements, benefits attorneys warn.

With a number of ways employers can make a mistake, one expert reviews everything from employee misclassification to overtime calculation errors that can help avoid wage and hour problems.

Personalization is key as field shifts from ‘one size fits none to one size fits one,’ panelists at EBN’s Benefits Forum & Expo say.

The digital marketing firm implemented the benefit earlier this year after employees complained education debts were stopping them from contributing to their 401(k).

The financial giant tries to ease new parents’ concerns by providing guidance on its leave program and working with managers to help them understand the challenges those workers face in their new roles.

The cost of buying health coverage at work has increased faster than wages and inflation for years, pressuring household budgets.

Retirees can open health savings accounts, which offer tax breaks on contributions and qualified distributions, and tax-free growth on investments.

Requirements can be difficult to follow, but mistakes can cost a broker and their client big money in fines, penalties, civil lawsuits, audits and more, says Word & Brown’s Marc McGinnis.