Practice management

Providing short-term accommodations for employees taking prescribed painkillers is one way companies can mitigate onsite accidents and other risks.

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.

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.

This year’s class of top women advisers understands how these virtues can make a positive impact on the benefits industry.

Employers are often looking for a benefits consultant to help them navigate healthcare, explains Questige’s John Sbrocco.

The difference in returns is huge for investors working with a fiduciary.

When designing and administering a severance arrangement, employers can take definitive steps to ensure that the arrangement is compliant.

New technologies, greater competition and rising prices are complicating the role of today’s benefit brokers. How do they cope?

New technologies, greater competition and rising prices are complicating the role of today’s benefit brokers. How do they cope?

The IRS is expected to release guidance saying that business meals will continue to be 50% deductible.

Supportive, encouraging managers and competitive benefits packages play a key role in employee retention in a tight job market.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies are entering the benefits space, but they might not be the solution for a better member experience.

While open enrollment season heats up, brokers should focus on three key activities that require wearing multiple hats.

Supportive, encouraging managers and competitive benefits packages play a key role in employee retention in a tight job market.

The HR consulting firm has a new owner and a mandate to deploy its data analysis tools to better help companies.

Forget bad business decisions on commission splits and hiring choices — the most reckless and irresponsible decisions we’ve seen is the public hostility at carriers and all they represent.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies are entering the benefits space, but they might not be the solution for a better member experience.

Scrapping performance reviews, eliminating merit-based pay and greater pay transparency are attracting greater attention from employers seeking to build high-performing teams.

Wilshire Benefits Group President David Sokol honed his leadership skills in the U.S. Army before expanding a benefit brokerage in his home state of Michigan. He’s quadrupled his business — and has plans for an even bigger year ahead.

Scrapping performance reviews, eliminating merit-based pay and greater pay transparency are attracting greater attention from employers seeking to build high-performing teams.