On December 1, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will hear arguments about President Biden’s student loan relief program in February 2023 and blocked rollout of the program… Read more >
Anne Patterson
December 2, 2022
Education, Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Financial Wellness, Human Resources (HR), U.S.employee benefits, student loan, student loan relief, student loan repayment
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President Joe Biden is expected to sign a medical marijuana research bill that could eventually have an impact on health plan coverage of medical marijuana. On November 16, the U.S…. Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
December 1, 2022
Compliance, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Insurance, Legislative, Prescription Drugs, U.S.employee benefits, health insurance, health plan, legalized marijuana, medical marijuana
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The end-of-year push to pass the bill package known as SECURE 2.0 is underway. SECURE 2.0 is comprised of three separate bills, one in the House of Representatives (House) and… Read more >
Amanda Wilke, CEBS
November 30, 2022
Compliance, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Legislative, U.S.COVID-19, employee benefits, legal, legal update, legislative, SECURE Act
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Imagine…Your employee comes to you with a devastating cancer diagnosis. Are you prepared for the questions and concerns that follow? Do you have resources readily available? In honor of October’s… Read more >
Bella Fonseca
October 18, 2022
Employee Benefits, Health Care, Human Resources (HR), Voluntary Benefitscancer, employee benefits, Health Care, health care benefits
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What a time it’s been. A global pandemic, wars, monkeypox . . . in some ways, it feels like we’ve been living in a movie. I can’t watch disaster movies… Read more >
Alyssa Hodder
September 27, 2022
Communication, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Flexible Work Options, Work Life Balanceemployee benefits, mental health, mental health in the workplace, working from home, workplace wellness
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Every month, the International Foundation releases the Legal and Legislative Reporter, a compilation of new employee benefits-related case summaries. Below is a summary we thought you’d be interested in. Content provided… Read more >
Guest Contributor
September 22, 2022
Employee Benefits, Insurance, Legislative, U.S.employee benefits, legislative, medical costs, Medicare, supreme court
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Cybersecurity should be top of mind for retirement plan fiduciaries, not only because the risks of a data breach or fraud are on the rise but also because the Department… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
September 15, 2022
Compliance, Cybersecurity, DOL, Employee BenefitsCompliance, cyber attack, cybersecurity, cybersecurity strategy, DOL, DOL audit, employee benefits
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September is World Alzheimer’s Month, and the focus of this year’s month-long awareness campaign is the importance of support for people living with dementia and their families. Employers can take… Read more >
Cara McMullin
September 13, 2022
Communication, Disability Benefits, Disease Management, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Benefits, Flexible Work Options, Health Care, Human Resources (HR), Mental Health, U.S., Wellnesscaregiver benefits, EAP, employee assistant program, employee benefits, employee wellness, flexible schedules, flexible work arrangements, mental health
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The recent ups and downs of the stock market and the economy can be dizzying. In the latest podcast episode, my colleague Justin Held got the opportunity to talk to… Read more >
Anne Patterson
September 8, 2022
Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Financial Wellness, Investments, Pensions, Talking Benefits Podcastalternative investments, employee benefits, investment costs, investments, pension, pension plans, podcast, talking benefits podcast
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In the beginning of the pandemic, employers struggled to determine whether workers who contracted COVID-19 qualified for disability protections under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). More than two years… Read more >
Guest Contributor
September 6, 2022
Benefits Magazine, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Disability Benefits, Employee Benefits, Health Care, U.S.ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, benefits magazine, coronavirus, COVID-19, employee benefits
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