Many employers struggle to wield compensation as a retention tool

It’s often said that a paycheck isn’t the only reason an employee stays at a job, and there’s ...
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How employers can help participants optimize their HSAs

Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) have become popular employer-sponsored fringe benefits. How popular? According to the most recent data ...
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Important 2025 amounts for employer-sponsored retirement plans

Does your organization sponsor a qualified retirement plan for employees? If so, the new calendar year will likely ...
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DOL’s final rule on overtime eligibility appears doomed

In April of this year, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced it was rolling out a new ...
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Fraud risk assessments help employers stay on guard

Imagine you just discovered your organization lost a substantial amount of money to fraud. You’d probably feel various ...
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2025 fringe benefit COLAs: Key figures for employers

Annually, the IRS makes inflation-based cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) to dollar limits applicable to many employer-sponsored fringe benefits for ...
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Every employer must find the right approach to pay raises

As 2024 winds to a close, employers need to strategize about various issues for the next calendar year. ...
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Assessing the ACA-defined affordability of employer-sponsored health plans

As the year winds down, many employers have wrapped up open enrollment and are preparing to administer their ...
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Retirement plan governance committees may suit some employers

Qualified retirement plans have become fundamental elements of most employers’ benefits packages. Because so many people now rely ...
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3 hot hiring-related trends that employers should be aware of

On November 1, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) published its Employment Situation Summary for October 2024. Commonly known as ...
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Employers: Don’t forget about ERISA when covering telehealth

In case you missed it, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) turned 50 earlier this year. If ...
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5 building blocks of a strong organizational culture

The first thing every employer should know about organizational culture is it’s inevitable. If you create a working ...
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