Employee benefits

Retirees should delegate the management of their finances to their children before they reach advance years and their health starts to decline.

After auditing a computer reimbursement program, employees were alleged to have returned the equipment to the manufacturer without notifying Fidelity.

To help employers contain costs, these advisers are revamping their healthcare supply chain.

The policy update is part of a broader change to the firm’s family-friendly benefits, which now include updated parental and caregiving leave, and adoption and surrogacy reimbursements.

Education and a refined benefits package offering could provide a boost to worker engagement.

Employers need to know that it’s critical to help workers master basic money principles to make smarter spending decisions.

Employers must take action to address the mental health among their employees.

Mental health programs are a fine start but psychoeducation could help workers identify and deal with depression and anxiety.

Medicare premiums will increase for high-income retirees because of the change in the income brackets that will serve as basis for determining these premiums for their Part B and Part D coverage.

In a move that reversed the court’s own previous ruling, an 11-judge panel held that a woman’s salary history can never be used as a basis for paying her less.

A $50 deduction was announced due to a change in the inflation adjustment calculations for 2018 under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

As more employers move to self-insure, carriers are in search of new value propositions.

Employers need to find out the type of advisor they work with, whether they are signed on to the plan as a fiduciary and whether any fiduciary limitations exist.

Employers need to know that it’s critical to help workers master basic money principles to make smarter spending decisions.

More are embracing the insurance model, as firms realize cost savings, plan flexibility and employee satisfaction that can manifest itself as soon as the first year after implementation.

At a World Health Care Congress session, advisers learned new ways to get the attention of their clients’ top executives.

As more employers move to self-insure, carriers are in search of new value propositions.

With a recent uptick in 401(k) related lawsuits, employers should take concrete steps to help participants while giving their company the fullest extent of protection possible against potential litigation.

Clients should determine the benefits they would receive if they file at age 62, at full retirement age, and after their full retirement age.

Employers need to find out the type of advisor they work with, whether they are signed on to the plan as a fiduciary and whether any fiduciary limitations exist.