Collectively, people under age 27 now account for more than one-third of all hires — and almost 17% of the total workforce.
How small companies can afford paid parental leave
Paid parental leave will continue to move the needle for today's top talent and employers need to anticipate this expectation with scalable offerings.
By embracing employee sensing, organizations can enhance employee satisfaction and retention and drive better business outcomes in the long run.
Following a few simple steps and strategic questions can help give benefits leaders and brokers the confidence that provider, vendor and EAP claims are connected to real-world outcomes.
So far, 500 employers who improperly received the tax credits to retain workers during the pandemic have returned more than $225 million to the IRS as part of a voluntary disclosure program that ended on March 22.
DEI programs must be approached from their full value-add potential — and seen as mutually beneficial to the employee and the company as a whole.
Benefytt Technologies, operating under various names such as Health Insurance Innovations, used aggressive marketing in a scheme to lure consumers in search of Obamacare health plans, says the Federal Trade Commission.
Q2 is here and it's time for a benefits checkup: Do the benefits you offer truly provide for all aspects of an employee's wellbeing?
93% of employees said workplace wellbeing is as important as their salary.
There's a major shift underway in the financial services industry – the convergence of workers' retirement and wealth needs, which have been placed in separate domains, much to the dismay of the average investor, says T. Rowe Price.
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