Employee benefits

The regulation enacted in June spurred plan sponsors to update their plan design and investment menus and some are even shopping for new plan advisers.

The small New England firm now offers 12 weeks of time off to new parents.

There are a myriad of reasons, such as increased utilization, why this approach could reap more benefits than the typical telephonic EAP.

Employers should present tests that matter most to their employees, offer the right incentives and look for partners that use clinical and behavioral analytics.

Understanding who oversees key principals helps focus management, says Manning & Napier's Shelby George.

The Internal Revenue Service granted relief to those hit by the storm by making it easier for retirement plans to give loans and hardship distributions.

With mental health issues becoming a growing concern for employees, a comprehensive strategy can help workers get the resources they need while helping employers make gains in productivity and engagement.

Debt to states workers’ retirement system has soared by $33.4 billion, or $6,000 for every resident, courtesy of accounting rules.

Companies have donated millions of dollars and matched employee donations following the storm’s devastation in Texas.

One of the world’s largest cosmetics firms parental leave policy allows new fathers to take two weeks of paid leave for “child bonding,” while new moms get six weeks, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday with the EEOC.

Executives should set a tone, and managers engage workers in the importance of fully disengaging from work while on vacation.

Dawn Sheue is bringing different types of plans to those in the rural Rocky Mountains.

Retirees are likely to have fewer choices when they start shopping around for Medicare Advantage plans during the open-enrollment period that begins Oct. 15.

Employees gently prodded on retirement contributions can come out ahead.

With mental health issues becoming a growing concern for employees, a comprehensive strategy can help workers get the resources they need while helping employers make gains in productivity and engagement.

Tailoring wellness programs to employees can boost participation and improve results

Executives should set a tone, and managers engage workers in the importance of fully disengaging from work while on vacation.

For a productive benefits election season, employers should embrace mobile apps and information technology, and above all, meet employees where they are.

Employers need to help their workers understand and prepare for additional medical charges when they stop working.