Expect the unexpected: How this company helps employees through hardship
Banyan Software has started an employee resource fund to ease the stress when unpredictable life events strike.
Employee benefits
Benefits Think How precision medicine fulfills fiduciary role under CAA
By steering patients to properly designed plans with the right incentives, employers can show those efforts have the best interest of health plan members in mind.
Jennifer Levin Carter, M.D.
Medzown
Benefits Think Comprehensive strategies for prescription drug cost management
Rising drug costs are plaguing employers and their workers. These techniques can bring relief.
Steve A. Rosenthal
Triton Benefits & HR Solutions
Skeptical on Social Security, younger workers shift to personal retirement accounts
According to a recent Cerulli study, more than half of retired 401(k) participants say Social Security is their primary source of income. At the same time, only 6% of millennials predict they will rely on those funds when they finish their careers.
Benefits Think Developing comprehensive benefit plans beyond compensation
Core components of an effective benefits package include meaningful health and wellness programs, work-life balance initiatives and professional development.
Paola Accettola
True North HR
Sword Health’s innovative approach to healthcare billing
CEO Virgílio Bento explains how AI and a dedication to patient care have allowed the company to adopt outcome-based pricing.
Benefits Think Use modern 401(k) plan design to bolster your employee benefits strategy
Updating benefits to include things like automatic enrollment and savings tools can improve employees' financial wellness.
David Stinnett
Vanguard
Benefits Think How to prevent employees from raiding their retirement funds
Key strategies include seeding emergency savings to cover six months' worth of expenses with the help of a financial adviser and matching contributions.
Creating a worthy work environment
As companies reconsider their remote work policies, establishing an engaging culture is still paramount.
Is your company compliant with voter leave laws?
Legal editor at Brightmine breaks down where employers may be missing the mark on their voter leave policies.
Goldman study emphasizes the power of a retirement plan
The Goldman Sachs 2024 Retirement Survey & Insights Report found that while competing priorities affected workers' ability to save, having a plan in place helped clarify goals and the grit required to meet them.
Benefits Think The basics of LMNs for HR teams
Understanding the Letter of Medical Necessity guidelines and process can save valuable time and quicken communication with employees who need them.
Jenna Everhart
Health-E Commerce
Benefits Think What is a qualified medical expense, according to the IRS?
FSA, HRA and HSA plan administrators must beware of companies that are misrepresenting which food and wellness expenses can be reimbursed.
William Sweetnam, Jr.
Employers Council on Flexible Compensation
What’s a good 401(k) employer match?
Most companies that offer to match employees' 401(k) contributions offer a match of between 3.00% and 4.99% of their employee's pay.
Benefits Think Four steps to easing back-to-school financial anxiety
Mounting pressure to manage the competing demands of school-related expenses and ensuring a family's long-term financial stability can lead to stress and anxiety.
Matt Wolf
Greenlight
Creating benefits that care for the whole employee
An expert from Cigna Healthcare explains why, along with individualized offerings, budget and communication plans are vital to benefits' success.
PwC supports their working parents beyond back-to-school
The firm has expanded their existing benefit offerings to give working parents as much help as possible.
Benefits Think Take benefits to the next level with lifestyle spending accounts
Making it easier for employees to put money toward the things they need has payoffs for businesses as well.
Steve Sonnenberg
Awardco
DOL to appeal court stays on fiduciary rule for retirement advice
The court filings seek to overturn two injunctions federal courts imposed after finding the Department of Labor's new conduct standard is too similar to a previous one vacated in 2018.
How Lyft built a holistic fertility benefits program
At EBN's Benefits at Work conference, leaders from Kindbody and Lyft reveal their secret to building successful family-forming benefits.
