Employee benefits

If employers were to implement a lactation program, they could benefit from a $3 return for every $1 invested in their mothers.

With resources like second opinion services and health spending accounts, workers may be able to achieve reductions in health costs.

Clients utilizing these best practices can springboard long-term success with recruitment, retention, lower absenteeism, reduced costs and employee happiness.

The move is expected to prevent fund leakage through opt-out rollovers when workers leave a job, industry experts say.

Report shows growing acceptance of the service by employees, who cite its low cost and time savings.

Employers should work to identify and help at-risk employees as early as possible.

While it's uncommon to offer auto enrollment with disability insurance, it can be a valuable asset to an employee's financial security.

Offering too many benefit choices can hurt engagement in programs and lower participation rates. Employers should consider targeted, individual offerings.

Clients need to be ready to offer benefits and workplace perks that match employees most important needs.

Proposed rules would provide consumers more detail about the actual prices hospitals charge insurers.

An estimated 8 in 10 workers with a mental health condition don’t get treatment because of the shame and stigma associated with it.

Withdrawals for non-medical expenses would no longer be penalty-free under the proposal.

“The struggles and her success in working through it have been an inspiration for our entire community,” Elizabeth Krystyn, co-founder of BKS.

Text messages, mobile apps and videos are all methods brokers can use to get — and keep — employees attention during open enrollment and beyond.

“When you can look at [an employee] and say we just saved you that copay, that means something,” one expert says.

Clients often look to advisers for guidance when implementing a new healthcare spending model.

Employers need to be ready to offer benefits and workplace perks that match employees most important needs.

Small and midsize employers will be able to form or connect with associations to offer employees workplace retirement plans.

The breast milk shipping company has been growing rapidly this year as more employers see the value of adding family-friendly benefits.

On average, these workers use 70% more sick days than their peers.