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Marketing agency Fingerpaint adds student loan repayment offering

A New York-based marketing agency is the latest employer to take a stab at reducing employees' student debt. Fingerpaint, located in Saratoga Springs, is now ...

This is the voluntary benefit clients are clamoring for

NEW YORK — Ask Corporate Synergies benefit consultant Nicholas Park what voluntary benefit clients are most interested in and he has a rapid response. Student ...

AHP litigation and the impact for small businesses

In March, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia found in favor of the state of New York (and 11 other participating states), ...

Culture is what employers ‘do when no one is looking’

Employers advertise their values to attract like-minded talent, but if organizations don’t practice what they preach, they risk watching that talent walk right out the ...

What employees want: More time off, better bosses

Employees want jobs with more paid time off and would sacrifice a high salary for a good boss, according to new data from HR services provider Randstad ...

White House looks to relax rules for workplace retirement plans

If it were easier for small businesses to band together to offer sponsored retirement plans, would more workers begin saving? The White House is betting ...

Employers’ old excuses for wage, hour compliance no longer work

Many companies at one time or another get overtime compliance wrong, at least to some degree. It’s an expensive topic. Liability under federal law for ...

Fewer Americans without health plans since Obamacare debut

Fewer Americans lack health insurance -- but the gap remains wide, especially in some pro-Trump states. The number of uninsured declined to 28.3 million in ...

The big difference between long-term care and long-term disability insurance

The longer people live, the more likely they are to face illnesses that necessitate custodial care either at home, in an assisted-living facility, or in ...

Number of employers offering health coverage swings higher after long decline

The number of companies offering health insurance has ticked up for the first time since 2008, according to new research from the Employee Benefit Research ...

The future of work is here. Is HR ready?

While meeting with a client recently, she said something that’s stuck with me. “We need to stop talking about the future of work and start ...

Midterm Elections Won’t Affect The Employer Mandate

Since President Trump took office, a top priority has been to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and his administration continues its attempts to undermine ...