Benefits

EBRI finds both employer and worker contributions to health saving accounts fell last year.

Getting employees to take full advantage of incentive-based health improvement programs can be a challenge.

An EBRI analysis found individuals who first completed a health risk assessment after an employer offered a financial incentive had greater health risk than those completing it pre-incentive.

Unions and retirees must now vote on a new proposal by Rhode Island officials.

Though they had to offer health coverage to a larger group of employees this year, most employers did not see a big increase in enrollment.

A wellness program that has more components and is more integrated with a company’s culture produces higher health benefit cost savings.

Adding a financial wellness program can cut plan costs and reduce a plan sponsors’ fiduciary risk. 

Some employers may be considering a defined contribution health benefit arrangement for the wrong reasons.

PBGC multiemployer plan benefit guarantees will cover a smaller share of benefits in future plan failures, a study shows.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the proposed change would save taxpayers $3.1 billion over 10 years.

Some of the biggest companies look to control costs by assuming more risk in captive insurance arrangements.

Only about one-quarter of employers support ending federal subsidies for individual coverage in states that don't operate their own exchange.

More employers are considering private exchanges for health care benefits and the use of telemedicine.

A survey from Buck Consultants indicates how employers can look to spend their pharmacy dollars more effectively.

New York City has launched the New York City Retirement Security Study Group, a panel tasked with advancing private-sector retirement security solutions for city residents during 2015.

While employers want to maintain the promise of retiree health benefits to employees, a number of forces are influencing them to change their approach.

An emphasis on nontraditional wellness initiatives is growing as employers try to cut health-related costs, a survey finds.

Like employers in other industries, production company employers in the entertainment industry were forced by health care reform to consider offering health care benefits to employees or pay...

Health savings accounts saw a year over year increase of 25% in assets—including from contributions and investments.

The National Institute on Retirement Security says three states’ switch from a defined benefit pension to a defined contribution plan exacerbated pension underfunding.