Benefits Manager

"Clear employment law trends for 2023 have emerged. Some of the more significant trends reflect the country's social and political atmosphere," the authors of the study wrote.

"Doubling down on these benefits during an economic downturn is one of the best things you can do for your business," says Tate Hackert, co-ounder and president of ZayZoon.

There's a disconnect between financial help employees say they need and what they say employers are doing –-despite its importance to employees, just 13% of workers report their employer has introduced such policies.

In terms of the illegal act exclusions, it is vital that plan administrators use their discretionary authority to regularly assess the applicability of these exclusions.

The consensus among experts was that it will take at least another year to see where the ruling stands, as likely appeals play out.

Nearly every U.S. hospital shared data with third-party trackers in 2021 and "some significant portion of these are including protected health information," according to a new Health Affairs study.

Premiums are greatly affected by the number of insurers competing in the rating region: the more insurers, the lower the benchmark premiums, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation report.

From his childhood days consolidating paper routes in his neighborhood to his current role as a leading benefits innovator, Dan LaBroad has always wanted to run the show.