The retailer has added a new tool that allows workers to change shifts without manager intervention and maintain a set schedule for 13 weeks at a time.

An app called Total Brain lets employees track their emotional state — which in turn makes them more productive in the workplace.

How you support clients experiencing human resources and benefits technology for the first time will impact both their and your success.

Employers, pay attention: These areas rank low when it comes to health costs, access and outcomes, according to new analysis.

Perks including employee purchase programs and student loan repayment plans will continue to be popular in the coming year.

Young workers are growing more concerned about saving for retirement, healthcare and paying off student loans, according to new research from Prudential.

That cost “is greater than the combined revenues of Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Netflix, eBay and Adobe,” says Integrated Benefits Institute President Thomas Parry.

From rising HSA balances and increased 401(k) contribution limits to student loan benefits and EAPs, these trends should make both advisers, employers and employees feel grateful.

Social Security benefits will increase 2.8% next year, but some retirees will not see a rise in their retirement paycheck because of Medicare's hold-harmless provision.

With the help of artificial intelligence, a new digital tool called MyKlovr predicts the likelihood of students getting accepted to the schools they want — and helps them increase those chances.

That cost “is greater than the combined revenues of Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Netflix, eBay and Adobe,” says Integrated Benefits Institute President Thomas Parry.

Factors including low interest rates may have contributed to success.

With workers harder to find and the ACA's tax on generous coverage postponed, employers are hitting pause on a feature of job-based medical insurance much hated by employees: the high-deductible health plan.

Training programs may seem expensive, but they cost just pennies compared to the expense of losing talent and hiring replacements.

Healthcare quality, literacy and employee engagement are key concerns for employers, said experts at the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions' annual forum.

Welltrinsic’s sleep wellness tool gives workers actionable tips for improving the quality of their rest.

Auto-enrollment, auto-escalation, participant investment advice and Roth 401(k) availability are among the important traits of a plan.

Clients need to ramp up communications efforts during open enrollment so employees can get the most value out of their benefits — as well as feel supported by their company.

Amazon, General Mills and Facebook are among the firms teaming with the National Business Group on Health to “help enhance leave management programs to better meet the needs of a diverse and changing workforce.”