Have you ever taken a medication that didn’t work or, worse, made you sicker? Maybe you had to throw away a bottle of pills and go back to your doctor… Read more >
June 20, 2019 Drug Benefits, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Prescription Drugs 0 Read more >
Whether it’s your daily water cooler reunion with coworkers or sipping from your favorite water bottle to stay hydrated in that two-hour meeting, water at work is making waves now… Read more >
Record high college tuition paired with a tight labor market has employers across the U.S. taking a closer look at their education benefit offerings. From long-standing benefits like tuition reimbursement… Read more >
Between 70% and 90% of your workforce could be open to committing acts of dishonesty, according to research experiments and expert estimates. So how do you, as employers and plan… Read more >
Transgender-inclusive health care benefits offerings are on the rise—29% of U.S. employers currently offer the benefit, up from 12% in 2016. I chatted with Julie Stich, CEBS, Vice President of… Read more >
June 10, 2019 Employee Benefits, Health Care, HR 0 Read more >
As the use of e-cigarettes grows, employers are faced with a new question: Do you allow vaping in the workplace? While smoking is officially banned from most workplaces, many organizations… Read more >
Criminals want what benefit plans have: personal identifiable information that can be sold for great value on the dark web. Pension and benefit plans, administrators and affiliated trade unions of… Read more >
June 3, 2019 Cybersecurity, Employee Benefits, Fraud 0 Read more >
Each month on Talking Benefits, I join Julie Stich, Kelli Kolsrud and Justin Held, International Foundation benefits nerdthusiasts, to discuss a trending employee benefits topic we think our listeners want to… Read more >
May 30, 2019 Employee Benefits, Parental Leave, Talking Benefits Podcast, Workflex 0 Read more >
Happy National 529 College Savings Plan Day! Here at the International Foundation, we keep a close eye on benefits-related holidays and today we’re celebrating National 529 Day! Celebrated each year… Read more >
May 29, 2019 Employee Benefits, Financial Education 0 Read more >
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a retirement bill, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act (H.R. 1994). The bill is notable for being… Read more >
May 28, 2019 Defined Contribution Plans, Employee Benefits, Financial Wellness, Retirement 0 Read more >