Employers overlook a key ally in preventing cyberattacks: HR departments
As the number of incidents rise, human resource managers can play a major role in helping prevent a breach.
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Employers overlook a key ally in preventing cyberattacks: HR departments
As the number of incidents rise, human resource managers can play a major role in helping prevent a breach.
Myth: Life insurance is not taxable
While proceeds from life insurance are not subject to income tax, there are other taxes that will apply. But there are steps to take to avoid those liabilities too.
Benefits Think What the ACA means for today’s employers
Another legal challenge to the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act has companies grappling with new business strategies and tactics.
Benefits Think What the ACA means for today’s advisers and employers
Another legal challenge to the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act has advisers grappling with new business strategies and tactics.
This neglected group could get some relief if proposed 401(k) changes happen
Congress is considering a proposal that would allow small companies to create a multiple-employer retirement plan to enable their workers to build their nest eggs,
New Obamacare lawsuit looks like another loser
A lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act may well turn out to be a bigger story in the news than in the courts.
Trump sides with Texas, won’t defend Obamacare in court
The Trump administration is siding with Texas in the state’s bid to convince a federal judge that Obamacare is largely unconstitutional.
Benefits Think Supreme Court ends the debate and upholds class action waivers
In a major win for employers, SCOTUS held that arbitration agreements with class action waivers do not violate the National Labor Relations Act.
Christopher Ward
Foley and Lardner
Supreme Court says employers can bar worker class actions
A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled that employers can force workers to use individual arbitration instead of class-action lawsuits to press legal claims.
The real reason why your 401(k) fees are falling
Mutual fund costs have fallen to 48 basis points in 2016 from 77 basis points in 2000 for plan participants, according to data from Investment Company Institute.
Employers unprepared for 401(k) plan data breaches
Foreign hackers are learning that $5.3 trillion of retirement plan assets are ready for the taking, leaving plan sponsors and participants susceptible to theft.
Employers unprepared for 401(k) plan data breaches
Foreign hackers are learning that $5.3 trillion of retirement plan assets are ready for the taking, leaving plan sponsors and participants susceptible to theft.
How workers can take advantage of the new tax bracket sweet spots
Employees may expect a lower tax liability because of the new rates under the new tax law, especially those who were in the 25% bracket under the old law.
Fiduciary rule, RIP? Fate looks dim after court overturns regulation
Focus turns to the SEC as it considers creating its own higher standard of client care.
Benefits Think The emerging link between employee well-being and cyber security services
Throughout the process of handling ID theft, many workers worry about the extent of the fraud and its impact on their financial future.
Page Elliott
CyberScout
Benefits Think Why cyberattacks make a compelling case for auto-portability
The fewer systems where a 401(k) participant has an active account, the less likely that employee’s sensitive data will be compromised.
Spencer Williams
Portability Services Network and Retirement Clearinghouse
How employers can protect themselves from hacks
Attorneys at law firm EBG discuss the impact of cybersecurity threats, what HR departments should do and the importance of safeguarding benefits information.
Benefits Think Advisers must assume all clients are affected by identity theft
More than 80% of the workforce is impacted by the recent Equifax breach and brokers have an obligation to ensure employers understand the business implications of the hack.
Tinker Kelly
Voluntary Employee Benefits Advisors
Employers aim to thwart class actions as Supreme Court term begins
Thehigh court opens its new term Monday with a reinforced conservative wing and a case that could give employers a powerful new tool to prevent their workers from filing class-action lawsuits.
