Tech’s sexual harassment issues start at the top
In the past two years, Google has fired 48 people, including 13 senior managers or above, for misconduct.
Practice management
The best way to prevent sexual harassment at work? Train employees
One year after #MeToo, the acting chair of the EEOC says HR departments need to focus on educating and training all workers, particularly supervisors.
EBA’s Advisers of the Year lead the way
This year’s employee benefit finalists aim to transform wellness, technology, retirement, voluntary benefits in a changing business landscape.
Benefits Think Are independent contractor classifications becoming safer?
Employers should approach any considerations with extreme caution and seek support of experienced counsel before making any decisions.
Christopher Ward
Foley and Lardner
Benefits Think Holiday shopping: How advisers might approach selling a business
Brokers considering relinquishing their companies might find the holidays the perfect time to partner with advisers and get input from friends and family.
Jack Kwicien
Daymark Advisors
EBA’s Top Women in Benefit Advising
To mark International Women’s Day, a look at female industry leaders who are transforming the benefits advising field.
Benefits Think Why won’t prospective clients hire you? (Hint: You’re talking too much.)
Even when your audience knows nothing about your product or service, talking for extended periods of time is not a good idea. That’s a lecture, not a conversation.
Wendy Keneipp
Q4intelligence
Crooning about coverage: Consultant explains healthcare in Sinatra parodies
Chris Yarn, as his alter ego Frank MicDroppa, sings about health insurance as a way to educate brokers and employers.
Benefits Think What employers can do to combat risks of workplace opioid abuse
Providing short-term accommodations for employees taking prescribed painkillers is one way companies can mitigate onsite accidents and other risks.
Daniel N. Jolivet
The Standard
One year since #MeToo: How workplaces have changed
One-third of execs say they’ve changed behavior, SHRM reports. But cases are still prevalent, and employees say HR’s ability to investigate allegations and changing workplace culture are key to curbing incidents.
2018 Top Women in Benefit Advising
Industry leaders whose unique client management strategies, innovative data manipulation and other industry-leading skills are transforming the field.
Benefits Think What clients can do to combat risks of workplace opioid abuse
Providing short-term accommodations for employees taking prescribed painkillers is one way companies can mitigate onsite accidents and other risks.
Daniel N. Jolivet
The Standard
One year since #MeToo: How workplaces have changed
One-third of execs say they’ve changed behavior, SHRM reports. But cases are still prevalent, and employees say HR’s ability to investigate allegations and changing workplace culture are key to curbing incidents.
Moved to action: Employee benefits broker takes on opioid crisis
Cristy Gupton, CEO of employee benefits brokerage firm Custom Benefits Solutions, helped her clients fashion health plans designed to reduce employees’ risk of opioid abuse.
Benefits Think Top women advisers sowing the seeds of preparation, perseverance
This year’s class of top women advisers understands how these virtues can make a positive impact on the benefits industry.
Walden Siew
Arizent
The best adviser strategy: Ditch the broker label
Employers are often looking for a benefits consultant to help them navigate healthcare, explains Questige’s John Sbrocco.
Benefits Think Fiduciary investment advisers can add more than 6% in value
The difference in returns is huge for investors working with a fiduciary.
Robert C. Lawton
Lawton Retirement Plan Consultants
Benefits Think Severance plans, Part 2: How savvy employers prevent COBRA issues
When designing and administering a severance arrangement, employers can take definitive steps to ensure that the arrangement is compliant.
Sheila Ninneman
Findley
Advisers fight the status quo in a changing market
New technologies, greater competition and rising prices are complicating the role of today’s benefit brokers. How do they cope?
Advisers fight the status quo in a changing market
New technologies, greater competition and rising prices are complicating the role of today’s benefit brokers. How do they cope?
