Strategic planning

Better benefits, training and a supportive work environment can manage employees and reduce turnover.

The group's charter serves as a roadmap for plan oversight and provides evidence of the fiduciary's intent to manage the plan prudently.

For most companies, cost savings will be the primary driver to scale back, but carbon-footprint worries and employee well-being are not far behind

If you want your employees to utilize their benefits, make paying for perks as simple as a swipe.

The pandemic has made it more difficult for employers to track appropriate business expenses, leading many employees to take advantage.

Office romance is on the rise and employees are becoming more brazen when it comes to expensing personal items during COVID-19.

Employees working remotely during the coronavirus pandemic claimed some outlandish expenses this year, including pricey exercise bikes, facelifts and private jets.

The percentage of workers asking for compensation for work-from-home expenses with their employers hasn’t gone up significantly since the outbreak of COVID-19.

Despite the ongoing pandemic, advisers continue to transition to new roles in the benefits space.

Hotels are launching work-from-hotel programs, through which operators not only offer workspace in hotel rooms, but also provide wifi, business support, refreshments and use of other facilities.

The novel coronavirus pandemic led to a transition from employer-provided meals to food delivery services arriving at employee homes, as workers all but eliminated their travel expenses, according to a new report.

Companies are increasingly trying to recreate office perks and experiences by providing employees with remote work tools to ensure that they are productive and successful at home.

Employees are expensing work equipment and health and hygiene supplies, leaving businesses the task of deciding whether to pick up the bill.

The biggest firms have seen smaller stock market declines, on average, than smaller ones have.

Before COVID-19 kept everyone still, these key executives made some strategic moves within the benefits space.

The growing costs faced by today’s health care purchasers and plan members have many returning to proven strategies like V-BID, which lowers or eliminates the out-of-pocket cost for high-value services or medications.

When benefits are customized to fit employee needs, not only are employees happier, they’re also significantly more satisfied with their jobs, loyal to their employers and engaged and productive at work.

We can all play a part in preparing for this and future outbreaks.

A leader must understand that high performing teams with strong cultures are those that are highly aligned around the same core values.

This outline will help you through the process of creating a plan for your agency that includes just what you need to make it a successful year.