This Resource Empowers Benefit Leaders to Support Caregivers
NEBGH launched a free microsite offering resources for benefit leaders to support employee caregivers. The platform compiles best‑practice guides, free external services, and benchmarking tools, drawing on input from senior benefit executives representing over nine million U.S. workers. It also includes an AARP‑partnered caregiver guide and options for co‑branding communications. The initiative aims to shift caregiver support from a perk to a core workforce strategy, helping employers reduce presenteeism, absenteeism and turnover.
New Tech Tool Aims to Help Employees Navigate Leave Benefits
Alight introduced the Leave Planner, a digital, AI‑driven tool that simplifies short‑term and long‑term leave administration for employees. The platform lets users input expected dates, see projected pay and benefit impacts, and automatically populates required data from existing records. By...
Why Traditional Benefits No Longer Create Loyalty — and How to Fix It
Companies are outspending the past on health, retirement and wellness benefits, yet employee tenure keeps falling. The article argues that benefits have become interchangeable, offering little differentiation or loyalty incentive. A structural mismatch exists: employers think long‑term, while workers chase...
When Patterns Repeat, Markets Will Follow
The retirement advisory market shifted from commission‑based pay to level‑fee structures after a cascade of regulatory actions, including the DOL’s Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020‑02, ERISA transparency rules, and heightened enforcement. These changes forced advisers to disclose conflicts and justify compensation,...
PBGH Survey Finds Employers Bracing for Higher Health Premiums in 2026
The Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH) reports that U.S. employers anticipate a 6‑7% rise in health insurance premiums for 2026, with some individual‑market plans climbing over 20%. To counteract cost pressure, 37% of members are issuing medical requests for...
How to Upgrade Cancer Support at No Additional Cost
The CancerBuddy app provides free, employer‑linked peer support and care‑navigation for employees facing cancer or caring for a loved one. By mimicking dating‑app filters, users can connect by diagnosis, symptoms, demographics, and even by workplace, creating instant community ties. The...
ICE at Work: Employee Protection Hinges on Legal Benefits
Immigration enforcement by ICE is intensifying, with 41% of immigrants fearing detention—a jump from 26% in 2023, according to KFF data. This anxiety drives three in ten workers to avoid work, medical care, or travel, threatening workforce stability. Attorney Maria...
Clarity Driving Broker Success in Opaque Times
Renewal season brings rising benefit costs, but employers now care more about why the increase occurred than the amount itself. Brokers must piece together data from medical carriers, pharmacy benefit managers, stop‑loss providers, payroll systems and sometimes PEOs, each using...
As Pay Transparency Rules Expand, Companies Scramble to Keep Up
Pay‑transparency legislation is rapidly expanding across the United States and the European Union, with 16 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. already enacting rules and the EU requiring gender‑pay reporting for firms of 100+ employees starting June. A recent Aon survey...
Rising Tide of Workplace Violence Takes Its Toll
Workplace violence now costs U.S. businesses roughly $300 billion a year, affecting over 2 million workers and resulting in 5,000 fatalities. Standard workers’‑comp and liability policies often exclude attacks driven by personal motives, leaving employers exposed. Tailored workplace‑violence insurance, championed by experts...
Job Seekers Don't Trust AI Hiring Tools. Can Voice-AI Help?
Employers are rapidly adopting AI for resume screening and interview automation, with 80% planning AI resume reviews and 25% already conducting full AI interviews, according to an Aurora University survey. However, candidate trust is eroding—over half say AI screening makes...
Why Traditional Benefits Education Fails Employees when It Matters Most
Traditional benefits education delivered during open enrollment often fails to translate into employee understanding when they actually need it. Most workers only realize they are confused after a denied claim, an unexpected bill, or a timing issue with HSAs or...
Employees Can Invest Alternative Assets Into Their 401(k)s. Here's What to Know
The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed a safe‑harbor rule that would let 401(k) plans offer alternative assets such as private equity, real estate and cryptocurrencies. The rule, issued under Executive Order 14330, aims to shield plan sponsors from fiduciary liability...
Strategies for Delivering Smarter Pharmacy Benefits
Pharmacy benefit managers have long acted as opaque intermediaries, influencing drug coverage and pricing. Consumer tools such as GoodRx and low‑cost generic programs from retailers exposed price gaps, prompting scrutiny of spread pricing and rebates. Direct‑to‑consumer models like Cost Plus Drugs...
EY's Approach to Well-Being Has Multi-Generational Appeal
EY’s new research shows that only 36% of its 5,000 surveyed employees feel they receive professional‑growth tools, highlighting a gap in multigenerational development. The firm is tackling this by embedding learning‑and‑development into daily work through year‑long pathway programs and by...
