Healthcare benefits: Rethinking the employer-carrier relationship

What do employers, carriers and, ultimately, individuals want and need from benefits and from their relationships with each other?

By Shandon Fowler • Sept. 28, 2017

SEC issues guidance for reporting CEO pay ratios

The pay ratio mandate has caused great confusion among employers over how and when it may be calculated.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Sept. 27, 2017

Explore the Trendline➔

Inside the rapidly changing world of employee benefits

Healthcare costs are climbing and employee needs are changing. How can HR professionals adapt?

By HR Dive staff

Target raises base wages, revealing pressures on retail to retain talent

More big-box retailers are increasing wages as a way to engage employees in a highly competitive job market.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Sept. 27, 2017

Being a top employer for women doesn't end with paid maternity leave

Working Mother magazine's ranking of top companies for women also factors in items like flextime, adoption assistance and fitness center membership.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Sept. 27, 2017

Sleeplessness endangers workers' lives and costs employers $1.4M per year

One worker with obstructive sleep apnea could cost an employer more than $3,000 in additional healthcare expenses a year.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Sept. 26, 2017

CVS joins the fight against opioid addiction

The retailer will provide counseling for opioid users and limit the drug's availability in order to slow the crisis' spread.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Sept. 26, 2017

Tech-savvy millennials still prefer real people as financial advisers, study says

Most millennials think robo-advisers are more likely to lose their money than traditional advisers.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Sept. 26, 2017

Financial illiteracy is hurting worker savings — but employers can step in

Providing workers with financial training can help minimize their stress and raise productivity.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Sept. 25, 2017

Employees feel valued when they can access pay, benefits info online

By allowing workers to access time, attendance and other information, employers are empowering them to take ownership of those issues, an American Payroll Association study shows.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Sept. 25, 2017

Navigating 5 generations in the workforce

How do HR leaders fairly accommodate five generations with health benefits, wellness programs, worksite perks and the like?

By Lori Casselman • Sept. 25, 2017

What employers can do to manage Type 2 diabetes in the workplace

Employers may not be aware of all their options when helping employees control a condition that costs workplaces more than $200 billion annually.

By Riia O'Donnell • Sept. 22, 2017

Employers spend 70% more on healthcare benefits than retirement benefits

Industry plays a large role in defining benefits spend, but generally, employers aren't spending as much on retirement as they did 15 years ago, a Willis Towers Watson study shows.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Sept. 22, 2017

Zenefits gets out of the brokerage business, opts to collaborate instead

The HR tech company wants to become a "backbone" platform for HR solutions, reflecting current transformations in the tech space.

By Kathryn Moody • Sept. 21, 2017

Prevention is key to reducing the cost of employee back pain, arthritis

Strategies focused on prevention can help employers manage musculoskeletal disorders or related impairments, like opioid addiction, says NEBGH.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Sept. 21, 2017

Most employees say higher pay matters more than better benefits

An unpredictable regulatory environment makes benefits packages even more difficult to understand, but a pay raise has clear value to employees.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Sept. 21, 2017

Report: The healthiest employers use metrics to evaluate their wellness programs

Personalization in wellness programs also is critical, as the one-size-fits-all approach can overlook employees' individual needs.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Sept. 21, 2017

How Generation Z is changing the benefits landscape

The consensus at the EBN Benefits Forum and Expo in Boca Raton: Roughly 10,000 boomers retire each day, and millennials aren't the only ones lining up to replace them.

By Ryan Golden • Sept. 21, 2017

Employees' health, productivity improve after EAP counseling, report says

While some may doubt the old standby's effectiveness, the EAP's traditional services and modern take on metrics may make them more relevant today than ever.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Sept. 20, 2017

Employee healthcare premiums outpace employer contributions

Healthcare cost increases have slowed but employers are still diverting more of the burden to workers.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Sept. 20, 2017

Nearly 3 out of 4 workers would leave their current job for one offering remote work

Those same workers are looking for employers who offer the right tech to ensure collaboration is possible from wherever employees are, a new study shows.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Sept. 20, 2017

Despite stronger economy, no big pay raises for workers in 2018

Only high performers can expect to receive significant raises next year as employers focus more on efficiency and productivity, an Aon study reveals.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Sept. 19, 2017

CA advances bills on leave, pay reporting and ICE raids

As the federal government reduces employer mandates, California picks up the slack.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett , Kate Tornone • Sept. 18, 2017

Starbucks closed stores, paid workers during Hurricane Irma

The company also released money from its Caring Unites Partners Fund grants to help workers impacted by the storm.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Sept. 18, 2017

Survey: A chance to work again would draw most older people out of retirement

More than half of retirees told the RAND Corporation that they might return to work, presenting new challenges (and opportunities) for employers.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Sept. 15, 2017

Women experience steeper engagement drops than men after 2 years on the job

Aon also found that women under 25 feel they have fewer opportunities to gain skills than their male counterparts.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Sept. 15, 2017