6 ways benefit advisers can prep for Hurricane Florence
As the storm bears down on the Carolinas, brokers can learn a few lessons about planning for a disaster from last year's hurricane season.
Practice and client management
Work. It really can be murder out there
The leading causes of untimely death at work include transportation accidents, falling — and surprisingly, murder, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says.
Employers beware: Pay gap regulations blossom across the country
As state and local municipalities plant the regulatory seeds to stem the pay gap between men and women, clients need to remain vigilant as a patchwork of policies blankets the nation.
U.S. wage gains pick up to 2.9% while payrolls rise 201,000
American wages unexpectedly climbed in August by the most since the recession ended in 2009 and hiring rose by more than forecast.
Employers beware: Pay gap regulations blossom across the country
As state and local municipalities plant the regulatory seeds to stem the pay gap between men and women, employers need to remain vigilant as the patchwork of policies blankets the nation.
Benefits Think Employers’ old excuses for wage, hour compliance no longer work
Companies often get overtime compliance wrong and those mistakes can get very expensive, very quickly.
Kenneth C. Broodo
Foley & Lardner
Benefits Think Direct employers to consider voluntary benefits
Most brokers make the mistake of simply asking employers about their interest in “voluntary” benefits and then wonder why most clients are not interested.
Eric Silverman
Voluntary Benefits
Benefits Think Why HR’s digital adoption is only scratching the surface
While technology has transformed almost nearly all aspects of business, human resource departments only partially use digital tools, realize limited benefits.
Neil Vaswani
Corestream
Benefits Think Why HR’s digital adoption is only scratching the surface
While technology has transformed almost nearly all aspects of business, human resource departments only partially use digital tools, realize limited benefits.
Neil Vaswani
Corestream
Benefits Think Offering a retirement plan is complicated. Here’s how a committee can help
While forming a retirement plan committee seems simple on the surface, employers should take care to form them properly, or inadvertently create fiduciary risk to stakeholders.
Jess DeGabriele
LHD Retirement
Alvin Healthcare-Tango Card partner to reward telehealth visits
The prepaid card that unlocks access to Teladoc specialists and nurses is seen as talent-management tool and latest in a series of partnerships and acquisitions to raise telemedicine’s profile.
Virginia Tech offers paid parental leave benefit
The university now offers its salaried employees eight weeks of paid time off following the arrival of a new child.
Top 10 employers for millennials
Finding and keeping the best talent can be difficult with the younger generations, but these companies have cracked a code at attracting young workers.
Benefits Think First step for implementing a retirement plan: Form a committee
While forming a retirement plan committee seems simple on the surface, organizations should take care to form them properly, or inadvertently create fiduciary risk to stakeholders.
Jess DeGabriele
LHD Retirement
Check please: Employees prefer retirement advice to dining out
Employees harbor a number of regrets about past spending — especially on short-term pleasures — that prevented them from saving more for retirement, Charles Schwab research finds.
Virginia Tech offers paid parental leave benefit
The university now offers its salaried employees eight weeks of paid time off following the arrival of a new child.
What employees want: More time off, better bosses
A new Randstad survey finds that workplace environment may outpace other benefits when an employee is deciding whether or not to leave a job.
Benefits Think A new way employers can use 401(k)s to attract, retain recent graduates
While a recent IRS private letter ruling is generating some buzz, employers need to do their homework before proceeding with this type of program on their own.
Amy Ciepluch
Foley & Lardner
The 50 best places to work in 2018
Bain & Company, Facebook and Google are among the nation’s top employers based on worker evaluations, according to jobs resource website Glassdoor.
What employees want: More time off, better bosses
Workplace environment may outpace other benefits when an employee is deciding to leave a job, a new Randstad survey finds.
