Employees are uneasy about their finances and organizations that prioritize year-round benefits education are at a competitive advantage, finds MetLife’s Annual Employee Benefit Trends Study.

It is not unheard of for violations to cost a company millions of dollars plus attorney’s fees, one expert cautions.

The controversial rule requires companies to disclose how they use consultants and other third parties

Plan sponsors can improve the health of their plans and participants’ retirement outcomes by embracing roll-ins, yet the process remains difficult and costly for workers.

Programs are often considered separately from core benefits, which can be a disastrous scenario given that the two strategies go hand-in-hand, says NFP’s Deb Smolensky.

Advisers can help employers pay close attention to these items to avoid catching the eye of the DOL.

New calculation methods and benefit expectations will leave employers needing plan-design help from advisers.

Following a suit filed in federal court, employers are advised to be careful about how they communicate changes to employees’ hours.

While benchmarking 401(k) plan investments and fees is important, new research suggests employers and their advisers aren’t doing enough to measure workers’ retirement readiness.

Plan sponsors should stand their ground to discourage plaintiffs from pursuing more lawsuits, says one expert.

Plan sponsors are urged to increase financial education so employees understand the pros and cons of tapping into their 401(k) plans for purposes such as paying off credit card debt.

Employers cite high productivity costs as one-out-of-four employees worry about money issues at work.

It takes knowledge and planning, but there are ways to keep health insurance costs from derailing company profits while still offering employees the benefits they need.

Following a suit filed in New York federal court, employers are advised to be extremely careful about how they communicate changes to employees’ hours.

Lawsuits can’t be avoided, so advisers should focus on helping clients improve their processes, one expert says.

U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez unveiled new requirements governing adviser and employer arrangements regarding organizing.

As the Department of Labor’s proposed “white-collar” rules move closer to becoming final this summer, with an effective date 60 days later, we take the opportunity to explain further what these new regulations will mean for employers.

Few programs can provide hard data that they solidly increase health outcomes for employees or decrease costs for employer clients.

Employers cite a lack of support and resources as some of the main reasons they don’t offer such programs to employees.

The U.S. health system is making strides toward value-based care but much of it is still focused on volume, which is detrimental for plan sponsors and employees.