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Benefit managers are well aware of the challenges associated with implementing a workplace wellness program low participation, employee engagement and communication and C-suite resistance, to name just a few. But successful programs share common characteristics.
Open enrollment is a stressful time for benefit managers and employees alike. More than half of U.S. employees say the traditional open enrollment process to sign up for health care benefits is a waste of time and a miserable experience. In fact, the enrollment process is so unpleasant for employees that 20% of them would rather watch a movie about the life of Lindsay Lohan than complete it.
For many people, October signals the end of summer, the heart of football season and the return of favorite TV shows. But HR and benefits professionals have one event on their minds: open enrollment. Here, bswifts Allison Malito and Jill Steinberg offers seven tactical tips based on their experience with real clients, to help make your open-enrollment process a smoother, more successful one.
A majority of insurance firms arent hiring enough new brokers/agents to grow their business. Reagan Consulting offers six factors to consider based on its recent recruiting and development study.
A new report from business applications cloud-hosting vendor Intermedia, which contracted with Osterman Research to survey employees who recently left companies, finds they commonly retain some degree of access to corporate information.
The concepts of hours of service and full-time loom large in the Affordable Care Acts employer mandate. But what happens when hours are not easily captured as is the case with adjunct faculty members?
Whether its Fitbit, Jawbone UP, Apple Watch or even Google Glass, consumer demand for wearable technology is at an all-time high. Amy McDonough, Fitbits director of wellness, shares five reasons wearable fitness technology is not just a fad and what each trend means for employers and employees.
Open enrollment is one of the busiest times of year for benefit managers. But dont let the stress of the season get you down. Use these four strategies to fight back against the ill effects of stress.
The recent data breaches at Target, Home Depot, and Jimmy Johns have kept data privacy and security top of mind for consumers. Meanwhile, employment attorneys recommend employers act now to ensure their HR departments, company policies and data security programs are fortified.
With the Affordable Care Acts excise tax just around the corner, some employers may be struggling with how to maintain the quality of their health care benefit plans and still avoid triggering the tax. Some innovative employers are looking at voluntary core benefits to limit health care cost increases.
Just 25% of companies that offered employee health insurance made coverage available to part-time workers in 2013, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. That percentage will decline further with Walmart Stores Inc.s announcement that it is dropping health insurance for part-time employees. Walmart joins a growing list of major retailers that have done the same.
Most employers think they are doing a better job communicating about the companys employee benefits than their employees think they are. Benefit and payment solutions provider Alegeus Technologies offers tips for better communication during open enrollment.
Employers are finding many ways to trim health care costs such as introducing high-deductible health plans alongside health savings accounts. But one cost-saving strategy is growing in popularity: conducting audits to ensure that every dependent is eligible for health care benefits.
Tips to help benefit advisers, benefit managers, and other benefit professionals stand out (in a good way).
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently issued an important decision in one of the many cases alleging that financial services companies breached fiduciary duties under ERISA by charging allegedly excessive fees to employer 401(k) plan participants.
The one-size-fits-all communications approach is ending, but employee engagement is still an issue for many employers. Alison Davis, of employee communication firm Davis & Company, identified five root causes of deteriorating engagement, which she shared with attendees at this years Benefits Forum & Expo.
Tis the open enrollment season in the benefits world. For many benefit managers, that means stress, panic and very long days (and nights). But there are ways to make this time of year less frantic and more productive.
This has been a busy year in the courts, with litigation challenging a variety of issues in the employee benefits arena. Here are the eight major takeaways from 2014 litigation and impending cases with key lessons for fiduciaries, employers and benefit advisers and brokers from Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, a full-service international law firm.
The organizations on Working Mother magazines 100 Best Companies nurture employees careers with benefits such as flex time, advancement programs and paid leave to new parents.
What components go into a well-run private exchange? Don Garlitz, SVP at exchange provider bswift, shares the five 'C's to look for when considering a private exchange platform.