Who are brokers’ chief competition?
Most brokers see themselves contending with ben admin platform vendors and outsourcers for business.
Compliance
Top 10 payroll mistakes
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.
Benefits Think 5 common COBRA compliance pitfalls to avoid
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.
Marc McGinnis
The Word & Brown General Agency
10 questions to prepare clients for paid family leave compliance
More states such as New York are implementing their own mandated regulations for businesses, but some employers may want to plan ahead before it becomes mandatory.
A compliance attorney who understands benefit needs
FirstPerson’s Katy Stowers worked as an ERISA lawyer but now delivers benefit oversight and deliverables at the Indianapolis benefits consultancy.
Benefits Think Drug testing and OSHA retaliation – can we test or not?
Under current interpretations of agency's final rule, blanket post-accident drug testing policies could be considered retaliatory and in violation of the rule.
Levy Leatherman
Baker Donelson
Hurricane Irma: 10 challenges for employers
Unemployment benefits, leave of absences and calculating wages are among the issues likely to affect companies in the wake of the storm.
Hurricane Irma: 10 challenges for employers
Unemployment benefits, leave of absences and calculating wages are among the issues likely to affect companies in the wake of the storm.
Benefits Think 5 common COBRA compliance pitfalls to avoid
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.
Marc McGinnis
The Word & Brown General Agency
A compliance attorney who understands benefit needs
FirstPerson’s Katy Stowers worked as an ERISA lawyer but now delivers benefit oversight and deliverables at the Indianapolis benefits consultancy.
Benefits Think Federal court invalidates new overtime rule
A recent court's decision effectively nullifies the DOL's overtime rule in its entirety.
Sean M. McCrory
Littler
Benefits Think Off-duty emails may be compensable (or not)
Just because an employee didn’t request after-hours pay doesn’t excuse an employer's obligation to pay — but a recent court decision could make overtime policies a bit thornier.
Anne B. Sekel
Foley & Lardner
Bringing benefits to the forefront of state legislation
Senior Vice President of Fisher Brown Bottrell Insurance Pamela Anne Files is using her knowledge and experience in the broker industry to inform legislators about worker needs.
Benefits Think Taking action on HR technology
Companies are thinking short term when they need to be evaluating the long-term impact that intuitive software programs could have on their bottom line.
Annie Durkin
benefitsContinuum
Benefits Think Taking action on HR technology
Companies are thinking short term when they need to be evaluating the long-term impact that intuitive software programs could have on their bottom line.
Annie Durkin
benefitsContinuum
Bringing benefits to the forefront of state legislation
Senior Vice President of Fisher Brown Bottrell Insurance Pamela Anne Files is using her knowledge and experience in the broker industry to inform legislators about worker needs.
Benefits Think Massachusetts court clouds marijuana in the workplace issues
A recent court decision sends a warning signal to employers in all states that marijuana in the workplace is complex and will require all employers to navigate a veritable minefield.
Mark Neuberger
Foley & Lardner
Adviser Rae Lee Clark thrives with a head full of knowledge
Through a blog and newsletter, the chief compliance officer for benefit firm Vita Companies helps clients navigate regulation.
What the Senate motion to proceed on health reform means for employers
It’s business as usual for now, as changes would take years to implement, attorney says at EBA’s Workplace Benefits Mania conference.
10 compliance issues for 2018 health and benefit planning
Despite uncertainty over reform efforts in Washington, employers need to prepare for next year now.