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Commentary: Fall typically holds a flurry of activity for benefit professionals and for most companies, open enrollment takes place during another hectic time holiday season. Here are some suggestions for making this time of year less frantic and more productive.
From broker business practices to the Affordable Care Acts CO-OP program, EBA readers share their insight on this weeks news.
There is a direct correlation between closed sales and social media usage, according to sales consultancy A Sales Guy. In fact, nearly three-quarters of sales people using social media as part of their sales process outperform their peers. See what your colleagues are doing right on Twitter: EBA presents 30 top benefit pros to follow on the popular social media site.
With the Affordable Care Act come new employer-reporting requirements. IRS Forms 1094-C and 1095-C are due early next year. Here are five steps employers should be taking to get ready.
Time away from the office is an important benefit to many Employees. Alongside paid time off, be it for vacations and sick time, many employees also take a peek at the holiday calendar when making plans. These are some of 2016's holidays employers expect to close the doors.
Adjectives such as incompetent and inept filled the comments section this week under a story addressing shortcomings of a CMS public exchange agent hotline. Here are other thoughts shared by EBA readers.
Wellness programs have been hotly debated in recent months. Jennifer Patel, director of wellness engagement at Hallmark Business Connections, offers five common wellness program pitfalls and suggests ways employers can avoid them.
Almost anyone working in employee benefits has dealt with the dreaded request- for-proposal. Whether youre an employer shopping for new talent management software or a broker helping clients select their next retirement plan, issuing an RFP can be tedious and complicated. Here are five questions to ask before you issue your next RFP.
Candidates have advocated for everything from repealing the ACA to lowering the cost of prescription drugs to reducing the role of government. With one year to go before the 2016 presidential election, heres where the top seven candidates stand on health care issues.
The ADP-Zenefits lawsuit, wellness programs, workplace stress management and the ACA all made headlines this week. Heres what EBA readers had to say about each topic.
Auto-escalation, which automatically increases the percentage of an employees salary that is contributed to a retirement plan, is getting more Americans on track for retirement, says Joleen Workman, assistant vice president in the retirement division of Principal Financial. Workman shares half a dozen ways advisers and employers can implement the practice within an employee population.
From strong work-life benefits to a stellar retirement plan, these small companies are proof that you don't need to be big to provide big benefits. Here's a look at the 25 companies to make the Great Place to Works 2015 list of top small workplaces.
The U.S. ranks 19th out of 150 countries when it comes to global retirement security, a recent report found. How responsible is the government for our retirement situation and should they be tasked with improving it? EBA readers weigh in on this and other topics from this week.
The more competitive a health insurance marketplace is, the more diverse options an adviser has to offer clients and the more room there is for negotiations with carriers. EBA, in partnership with business intelligence data analytics firm miEdge, reveals in ascending order the most competitive states based on carrier diversity.
From innovative work-life benefits to food delivery perks and fully paid health care premiums, these workplaces are at the forefront of pioneering programs, landing them on Great Place to Works list of 2015s Best Medium Workplaces. Here's a look at some of the benefit programs these employers have implemented.
Adoption benefits can be offered as part of a comprehensive benefits package and are gaining in popularity. This year, 56% of employers reported offering a financial adoption benefit, an Aon Hewitt survey found. Here are the top adoption-friendly health care and insurance industry employers in the U.S., according to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.
The competitiveness of a health insurance marketplace has a direct impact on an adviser's job affecting everything from the type and amount of plans he or she can offer clients to the adviser's ability to negotiate effectively. EBA, in partnership with business intelligence data analytics firm miEdge, reveals in descending order the least competitive states based on carrier domination.
Want to attract the best young talent? Great Places to Work assembled its top picks of employers with fantastic benefits and great working environments just the sort of places millennials are flocking to for work in 2015. Business leaders know that a great culture is a crucial competitive advantage in the emerging Great Workplace Era, says Michael Bush, the organization's CEO. Leading organizations are constantly monitoring and analyzing their employees workplace experiences and then taking action to improve them. These companies' efforts are resonating with millennials. Here are the top 20 of that exhaustive list:
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 111 million workdays are lost because of seasonal influenza, costing employers approximately $7 billion annually in sick days and lost productivity.
Financial stress can play a big role in how productive employees are at work. Less than half (39%) of Americans say their financial well-being is thriving, according to the 2014 Financial Well-Being State Rankings report, released from Gallup and Healthways. Last week we showcased the 10 states with the highest financial well-being scores. Here are the 10 states that scored the lowest.