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Rethinking healthcare benefits for better recruitment, retention

Employee benefits are an important part of recruiting and retaining talent and most plan sponsors offer a range of benefits, including medical, pharmacy, behavioral health, ...
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How to avoid mishaps in the run-up to open enrollment

With the start of open enrollment season each fall, Jennifer Benz takes to social media with some trepidation to gauge the mood of employees. The ...
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As mandatory sexual harassment training expands, here’s what employers need to know

There was a time when sexual harassment training was a “just check the box, let's just get this over with” annual event, says Andrew Rawson, ...
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Resist the urge to access: The impact of the Stored Communications Act on employers

As an employer or manager, have you ever collected a resigning employee’s employer-owned laptop or cellphone and discovered that the employee left a personal email ...
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6 voluntary benefits your employees want

In this age of the multigenerational workforce and a tight labor market, a one-size-fits-all group benefits model with medical, prescription, dental, vision and a retirement ...
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Health insurance surpass $20,000 per year, hitting a record

The cost of family health coverage in the U.S. now tops $20,000, an annual survey of employers found, a record high that has pushed an ...
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A look at the DOL’s final rule: White collar exemption and overtime

Reporting that 1.3 million workers will now become eligible for overtime pay, the DOL has released its final rule to update the exemption requirements of ...
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Best strategies for implementing a student debt benefits program

Employers have begun making greater investments in their employees’ overall well-being and placing a bigger emphasis on student loan debt as a source of financial ...
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Doing well by feeling good: Pairing profit and purpose to improve employee health

Be more active. Eat better. Rest more. Individually, we know that these and other positive habits lead to better health and all the benefits that ...
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Health agency reverses course on prescription drug coupon regulations

As a parent, I encourage my kids to resist the melodic siren call of procrastination. I share historical examples of how procrastination led to undesirable ...
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DOL issues finalized overtime regulation

The DOL on Tuesday released its highly anticipated finalized overtime rule, raising the minimum salary level to $35,568 per year for a full-year worker to ...
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The derailment of California’s payroll advance law

It seemed uncontroversial at first. A bill in California to create the country’s first regulatory framework for companies that offer early access to employees’ earned ...
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