CDHPs Despite Slower Growth, CDHPs Still Hold Promise While new research points to a slowdown in the growth of consumer-driven health care plans (CDHPs), some experts say the high-deductible options still have a lot of life left in them. CDHPs in the ...Read More »

NO CLASS The Obama administration abandoned its pledge to implement a federal program that would have provided long-term care (LTC) benefits to Americans as part of the health care reform law. The Community Living Assistance Services and Support (CLASS) Act would ...Read More »

Experts: Don't Overlook Disability Benefits Rising health care costs and a tough economy can make health care benefits a primary focus for employees during benefit enrollment time. But experts advise that income-protecting benefits, such as life and disability insurance, deserve some ...Read More »

Ready, Set, Enroll: Employer Efforts Can Boost Morale, Compliance Many employers and benefit managers with calendar-year plans are wading into the thick of enrollment season, filling their time with employee meetings and tracking the sign-ups.  Enrollment, however, can be more than ...Read More »

Retirement Employers Return Attention to Retirement Benefits After years of enduring a sour economy, many employers with 401(k) plans now are looking ahead and trying to sweeten their plans to increase their recruitment and retention power. For ...Read More »

After years of enduring a sour economy, many employers with 401(k) plans now are looking ahead and trying to sweeten their plans to increase their recruitment and retention power. For many, the first ingredient involves restoring the matching contribution -- a ...Read More »

Benefit Costs: Negatives vs. Positives: Companies Try Penalties to Change Behavior, Trim Costs For years, companies have dangled incentives -- such as money, gift cards and merchandise -- in front of employees, hoping the cash and prizes would push workers to ...Read More »

Experts: Don't Rush into Reform Decisions If one thing can be said about the recent health care reform law, it's that it has generated a barrage of questions for employers. Will companies drop health care coverage and instead pay the penalty under ...Read More »

NLRB NOTICE DEADLINE DELAYED The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has delayed the deadline for nonunion employers to post a notice about workers' rights to unionize until Jan. 31, 2012. The NLRB had set an original Nov. 14 deadline but rolled ...Read More »

New proposed rules springing from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) would drastically change how companies communicate information about their employer-sponsored benefits. The new guidance would require fully insured and self-insured plans to supply a summary of benefits and ...Read More »