Benefit brokerages see 90% increase in M&A activity
More than 174 transactions occurred last year, accounting for 28.8% of the total insurance agency mergers and acquisitions that took place in 2017.
Workplace management
Benefits Think What employers need to know about unplugging from a PEO
Unwinding from a professional employer organization relationship takes a significant amount of planning and organization as well as a keen understanding of what a company might endure during the transition period.
Rick Reiman
MJM Global Insurance Brokerage Group
Benefits Think Are you required to pay your interns?
The DOL recently said it will scrap the agency’s previous six-factor test for unpaid interns and instead utilize the “primary beneficiary” test.
Phil Phillips
Foley & Lardner LLP
How benefit brokerages can prepare for a profitable sale of the company
Key factors that make for a strong agency valuation include a demonstrated history of growth, diversification of clients and a consulting-focused business model.
Benefits Think AI is about to supercharge the HR department
Machine learning allows human resources professionals to deemphasize tedious aspects of the job while allowing them to pull a greater amount of insight from the results.
Benefits Think Agency owners must act now on proper business planning and perpetuation
Put together a multidimensional strategy, including the financial resources and human capital that will be required to achieve personal and company objectives.
Jack Kwicien
Daymark Advisors
5 payroll-management providers to know
Epay, Netchex and Sentric are among the vendors offering HR managers tools that help them calculate wages, manage budgets and pay employees.
How to achieve ‘digital sustainability’
Korn Ferry’s Melissa Swift explains how HR professionals need to help equip the overall organization to thrive in a tech environment.
IBM looks to enable process automation in HR
The company is positioning its intelligence engine, Watson, to help human resources managers handle repetitive work in labor-intensive areas.
5 staff-scheduling tool providers to know
Homebase, Tsheet and WhentoWork are among the companies offering employers tools to better allocate human resources.
HireRight adds function to hide salary history
The vendor’s change aims to help employers achieve pay equity in their workplaces.
U.S. adds 148,000 jobs, less than estimated, as wages rise
U.S. payroll gains slowed by more than forecast in December, wages picked up slightly and the jobless rate held at the lowest level since 2000.
Why Cowboys Fit traded filing cabinets for the cloud
The Dallas-based fitness center needed every available space for its training floors, so it turned to virtual storage for all HR documents.
5 staff-scheduling tool providers to know
Homebase, Tsheet and WhentoWork are among the companies offering employers tools to better allocate human resources.
In review: Top 30 employers for women
Benefits including career development programs and paid parental leave are giving these companies the edge, according to a ranking from job reviewing platform Fairygodboss.
Benefits Think NLRB reverses Obama-era joint employer test
Over the course of one afternoon, the NLRB recently issued two decisions that together overturned several of the Obama administration’s most polemic legal positions under the NLRA.
James M. Nicholas
Foley & Lardner
In review: 10 worst jobs of 2017
Low salaries and subpar industry growth forecasts had these careers ranking low this year in an annual list by CareerCast.
In review: 10 worst jobs of 2017
Low salaries and subpar industry growth forecasts had these careers ranking low this year in an annual list by CareerCast.
Benefits Think Thanks to the ‘Glassdoor Effect,’ companies will never be the same
The question isn’t whether or not a company should be transparent, but rather, what actions it should take after information is made public, says Bersin’s David Mallon.
David Mallon
Bersin
Benefits Think Using artificial intelligence for talent acquisition
A look at seven AI applications, from video interviewing tools to screening and matching applications, that can help employers hire the right people.
Ben Eubanks
Lighthouse Research & Advisory