Benefits

Fidelity finds many employers are adding mental and financial well-being solutions to their wellness programs.

A three-year study by Humana suggests engagement in wellness programs lowers health claims costs and improves work productivity.

Between 2012 and 2015, the percentage of workers reporting that they would rather have fewer health benefits and higher wages has doubled, increasing from 10% to 20%, EBRI...

A GAO report says claims of the small employer health tax credit have continued to be lower than thought eligible, limiting the effect of the credit on expanding...

A different breed from stock in a retirement plan, ESPPs can encourage engagement and boost employees’ sense of financial well-being.

While retirees say the cuts are unfair, regulators say without them, the result could be much worse.

While not as prevalent, a similar trend has emerged in health care coverage for employees’ children.

Not only are state and local governments struggling with unfunded pension liabilities but other liabilities as well.

The problem of student loan debt was in the news and a subject of conversation among his company’s own employees, says Scott Francis, CEO of BP-3.

This was one suggestion made by a witness at the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance hearing about multiemployer pension plan reform.

Just like the Baby Boomers and Gen Xers before them, Millennials are slowly reshaping basic assumptions about the workforce and employer-provided health benefits. 

There has been an uptick in the use of private exchanges among mid-sized employers.

Jellyvision shares tips for employers to prevent employees from inundating the benefits office with questions.

The number of accounts continues to grow as well as the amount of assets.

Anticipating the Cadillac tax, now set to go into effect in 2020, and higher costs for health care, plan sponsors are continuing to make changes to health benefits...

A survey found Baby Boomers and Generation X lack trust in online financial advice.

However, options to help reduce the financial risk of HDHPs to employees are not being utilized.

Only 6% of CFOs reported that their company assesses the return on investment (ROI) of its health benefits, and just 23% make any performance assessment at all.

Return on investment is just part of the story for measuring the success of a wellness program. 

CFOs surveyed also listed attracting and retaining talent as well as helping employees become healthy as health benefits priorities.