Employee benefits

The problem can result in financial burdens and lost productivity for employees, but companies can provide support services and tools, including an advocacy service through the benefits plan.

Machine learning allows human resources professionals to deemphasize tedious aspects of the job while allowing them to pull a greater amount of insight from the results.

There have been some modest attempts in the past few years to shore up and fill in gaps in this country's haphazard system of retirement savings.

Home Depot is joining the parade of companies offering perks to U.S. employees after the federal tax overhaul.

Both new moms and dads at the financial services firm will be eligible for 16 weeks of time off.

Younger employees could be too confident in the abilities of automated retirement investment tools, study finds.

Ex-president of Eli Lilly's U.S. arm, Alex Azar, was confirmed to head the Department of Health and Human Services, setting a permanent replacement for Tom Price.

President James Klein spoke with EBA about the organization’s agenda, now that Cadillac tax implementation is delayed another two years.

Mercer is No.1 on EBA-miEdge list of large-group advisers for the fourth straight year, translating jumbo employer success to companies with 100-5,000 employees.

Engaged savers, specifically those who are near the end of work, deserve an appropriate spectrum of risk options.

With many private and public pensions in the red, employees are advised to look for options that will improve their prospects, such Roth IRAs.

Collective Investment Trusts can have cost-saving advantages, are increasingly accessible and provide a long-term investment perspective.

Unwinding from a professional employer organization relationship takes a significant amount of planning and organization as well as a keen understanding of what a company might endure during the transition period.

Self-funding, Form 5550s and picking the right HSA vendor are some topics employers should consider in the coming year.

Starbucks plans to spend $250 million on new employee benefits, including a pay boost for domestic workers, in the wake of the federal tax overhaul.

A new report by Seyfarth Shaw identifies key trends employers should keep an eye on to prevent their own lawsuit.

Tax reform and current market conditions will likely contribute to a higher use of deferred annuities and guaranteed income benefits, experts predict.

Younger employees could be too confident in the abilities of automated retirement investment tools, study finds.

The automotive retailer is the latest employer to enhance employee offerings as a result of tax reform.

The Washington bank chain increased its retirement contribution to 8% following the tax reform bill.