Employee benefits

Employee Benefit News, in partnership with business intelligence data analytics firm miEdge, lists leading retirement plans for mid-size companies

As lawmakers continue to develop major overhauls affecting employers, advocacy among benefits professionals has never been more important, says Hank Jackson.

The best thing advisers can do is bring a proactive strategy to the sales process, says Voluntary Adviser of the Year Eric Silverman.

Employee Benefit Adviser, in partnership with business intelligence data analytics firm miEdge, lists leading retirement plans for mid-size companies

The reform legislation is good news for employers whose retirement options would have been limited by discussed retirement program changes.

As of Nov. 20, small employers looking to offer tax-free plans to cover workers’ insurance premiums and healthcare expenses will have to follow extensive new compliance rules.

House Republicans passed their version of legislation to overhaul the U.S. tax code by slashing the corporate tax rate, lowering tax burdens for most individuals and adding an estimated $1.4 trillion to the federal deficit over the next decade.

President Donald Trump delivered a pep talk to House Republicans as they were poised to pass a tax overhaul bill Thursday afternoon and argued them to next target government welfare programs.

HR apps and wellness software make it easy to collect employee health information in one place, regularly update information and track goals.

As of now, 401(k) plans won’t be touched, which is good news for employers, but anything could happen, experts say.

Employee Benefit Adviser, in partnership with business intelligence data analytics firm miEdge, lists leading retirement plans for companies with 99 or fewer employees

As of now, 401(k) plans won’t be touched, which is good news for employers, but anything could happen, experts say.

Firms seeking high engagement in health plans should look at programs in their entirety and gauge the opinion of employees.

A participant in the company’s 401(k) plan alleges that the retail giant should have negotiated reasonable fees, but didn’t.

Stacey Harris, vice president of research and analytics for Sierra-Cedar, says the more human resource data is shared the more effective a company becomes.

Employees aged 50 and above would no longer be able to make catch-up contributions on a pretax basis to their retirement plans under the Senate version of the GOP tax proposal.

Before employers put their plans on the chopping block, they should ask themselves what their employees care about when selecting benefits and if they are able to educate workers on the strategy.

Employees aged 50 and above would no longer be able to make catch-up contributions on a pretax basis to their retirement plans under the Senate version of the GOP tax proposal.

Revisions to the Senate Republican’s tax-overhaul plan would create heftier upfront tax breaks for the middle class and small businesses -- and then wipe them off the books by 2026.

ACA and payroll data show only 65% of employees earning less than $16K annually choose their company’s ‘bronze’ health plan.