Employee benefits

Benny Award winner Milt Ezzard aims to keep employees of the entertainment and gaming developer healthy and happy with perks that include a high-tech crib that helps new parents get better sleep.

Employees enrolled in high-deductible plans have an average deductible of $2,296 for single coverage health insurance, compared with $932 for a traditional plan.

EBN’s 2018 Benefits Professional of the Year, Renee Albert, has led the social media giant in ramping up paid parental, bereavement and caregiving leave — along with a slew of other enviable benefits. But her most game-changing initiative is calling on other employers to do the same.

Brokers with access to these exchanges remain in a strong position to offer small group clients benefit plan designs that meet a variety of employee needs.

Setting off on post-work lives requires planning and an honest discussion with loved ones. Here’s how advisers can help start the conversation.

Tax cuts and other policies have stirred a stronger economy, but these results could mean vulnerable financial markets in the foreseeable future.

Uber Technologies may be cutting costs by misclassifying its California drivers as independent contractors, according to a lawsuit.

Cigna is launching a venture fund to invest in healthcare startups.

After listening to employee concerns over the company’s program, Benny Award winner Jodi Budnick made it her mission to upgrade the plan and help employees save more for their post-work years.

Benny Award winner Milt Ezzard aims to keep employees of the entertainment and gaming developer healthy and happy with perks that include a high-tech crib that helps new parents get better sleep.

BiznusSoft, Sapling and Zoho are among the management software providers HR pros can use to manage worker leave.

Even though the program was created by a large multinational corporation, companies of all sizes could utilize this approach.

The ruling is a step in the right direction. But be warned: There are too many unknowns for companies to begin offering the program.

IRS rules allow clients in certain circumstances to tap their retirement accounts before the age of 59 1/2 without a 10% penalty. But this still should be considered a last resort, an expert says.

There’s significant growth in value-oriented payment methods, but the jury is out on whether these new methods improve the quality of care and make it more affordable.

Republican lawmakers introduced legislation Monday that would make the 2017 tax overhaul for individuals permanent in a bid to highlight their signature economic policy achievement ahead of the November elections.

How Purdue University’s Candace Shaffer, EBN’s Benefits Leadership in Healthcare winner, tackled chronic diseases.

After listening to employee concerns over the company’s program, Benny Award winner Jodi Budnick made it her mission to upgrade the plan and help employees save more for their post-work years.

Management must realize that their workplace is not spared by the national epidemic of painkiller abuse. Here are steps to reduce their employees’ risk and loss of productivity.

First offered by large Silicon Valley companies, time-saving benefits are now spreading to employers and industries of all kinds.