Justin Held, CEBS, Author at Word on Benefits

Insights Into Trustee Selection and Orientation in Canada

Justin Held, CEBS

14 Aug 201514 Aug 2015

What makes a good trustee? What’s the toughest part about being a trustee? What’s the motivation for becoming a trustee? These are questions members have been wanting the answers for, so we deployed a survey earlier this summer to multi-employer funds across […]

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Employers Reveal ACA’s Impact in Sixth Annual Survey

Justin Held, CEBS

14 May 2015

The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans recently released its sixth survey in a series on how single employer plans are being affected by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). 2015 Employer-Sponsored Health Care: ACA’s Impact focuses on the most important health care reform […]

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Cyberattacks: Employers on Guard

Justin Held, CEBS

20 Apr 201521 Apr 2015

News headlines pertaining to cyberattacks are becoming increasingly common. In December 2013, Target announced that sensitive information from approximately 70 million individuals had been breached, including names, mailing addresses, phone numbers and e-mails. In December 2014, Anthem, the second-largest health care insurer […]

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Apprenticeship Leaders Communicate Their Challenges

Justin Held, CEBS

25 Feb 201525 Feb 2015

At the Annual Employee Benefits Conference in Boston last fall, International Foundation staff led a series of focus groups to collect direct feedback from members and provide assistance in driving strategic initiatives. One session gathered 13 representatives who serve jointly managed training […]

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Heeding the Cry for Paid Parent Leave

Justin Held, CEBS

21 Jan 201521 Jan 2015

According to comments made by President Barack Obama at Tuesday’s State of the Union address, access to mandatory paid leave could be the next key political issue. Particular emphasis was placed on leave related to the family. In 2013, the Bureau of […]

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Which Benefits Where? A Regional Comparison

Justin Held, CEBS

12 Jan 201511 Jan 2016

By: Justin Held, CEBS Do organizations in the West offer more generous health care benefits? Are those in the South more likely to offer automatic features in their defined contribution plans? The International Foundation’s Employee Benefits Survey 2014, the fourth offering in […]

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OMG . . . Let Me Take a Selfie with That SPD!

Justin Held, CEBS

10 Dec 201409 Feb 2015

By: Justin Held, CEBS, and Neil Mrkvicka This week, the International Foundation is releasing Employee Benefits Survey: 2014, its fourth survey in the benchmarking series. As members of the Foundation’s Research Department, we enjoyed discussing the array of offerings included in the survey. Here’s what we think […]

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Most Appreciated, Most Successful and Most Unique Benefits

Justin Held, CEBS

30 Sep 201411 Jan 2016

By: Justin Held, CEBS Which offered benefit is the most appreciated or loved? Which benefit is the most successful with regard to engaging, attracting and retaining talent? Which benefit offering is the most unique? The International Foundation’s soon-to-be-released 2014 Employee Benefits Survey, […]