Getting educated: A changing landscape for broker learning
As the role of the adviser evolves, education programs are expanding beyond traditional offerings to focus more on human capital management.
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Getting educated: A changing landscape for broker learning
As the role of the adviser evolves, education programs are expanding beyond traditional offerings to focus more on human capital management.
Acosta out: Where will DOL go from here?
Some experts say the labor secretary’s departure could expedite the department’s regulatory agenda.
Labor chief Acosta to quit after furor over Epstein sex inquiry
Acosta’s deputy, Patrick Pizzella, will become acting DOL secretary and is regarded as being more aggressively pro-business than Acosta.
Benefits Think Marijuana is now legal in my state, but is it a ‘lawful product?’
Employers have to navigate through an ever growing patchwork of state laws surrounding cannabis use and the workforce.
Patrick J. McMahon
Foley & Lardner LLP
Employees should be thinking about their kids’ retirement, too
Workers can use Roth IRAs, 529 plans and — yes — life insurance to give their children a head start.
Video Become known as a great place to work with benefits your employees love
Become known as a great place to work with benefits your employees love
Benefits Think Regaining sales dominance via social selling on LinkedIn
In a TMI world, advisers must make themselves knowable and accessible to buyers through the research and decision-making process.
Wendy Keneipp
Q4intelligence
Video Become known as a great place to work with benefits your employees love
Become known as a great place to work with benefits your employees love
Amazon commits $700 million to retrain workers in new skills
The e-commerce giant said it will retrain 100,000 workers by 2025 to allow employees move into more highly skilled jobs within the company.
Benefits Think Top Women in Benefit Advising highlight industry challenges, opportunities
Persevering through setbacks, these advisers are leveraging their experiences to help employer clients reach their potential.
Walden Siew
Arizent
AI is changing the annual performance review
Technology is expected to help bosses find ways to better coach and assess their workforce in the present, rather than focus on the past.
Benefits Think Digital at work: Wearables in workers’ comp
Research points to automation, robotics and advances in safety as contributing factors to a decrease in claims frequency. However, severity is up — and wearables could help.
Laura Kersey
NCCI
Forget everything you think you know about millennial employees
This generation has a different understanding of workplace loyalty.
Adviser’s medical crisis sparks new ideas for better healthcare
“She’s been through the struggle and understands what we’re all going through in life,” says a client of one of EBA’s Top Women in Benefit Advising, Casey Armstrong.
Podcast Electrifying the voluntary market with fringe benefits
Non-traditional worksite offerings like pre-payday loans and student tuition repayment are providing brokers new ways to beef up packages.
How gig economy workers can save for retirement
Those with 1099 income have several tax-advantaged options.
Amazon workers plan Prime Day strike at a Minnesota warehouse
Employees plan to strike during the online retailer’s summer sale, a sign that unrest persists even after the company committed to paying all employees at least $15 an hour last year.
Elizabeth Warren unveils plan to boost wages for women of color
The Democratic presidential candidate proposes stricter rules for companies seeking federal contracts, and for diversifying the senior ranks of the federal government.
EBA seeks 2019 Adviser of the Year nominations
Submissions are due July 24 for Employee Benefit Adviser’s annual awards recognizing excellence and leadership in the field.
