Employee Participation

Eastbridge's 2017 Voluntary Participation Rates Spotlight report found that just over half of participating carriers have seen participation rates increase over the past two to three years, and the majority expect this trend to continue.

The company, which makes Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Ho Hos, is also providing its employees one-time payments of $1,250 -- with $750 in cash and $500 in the form of a 401(k) contribution.

While 92 percent of employers say that severe skills shortages in their industries are weighing on productivity, employee satisfaction and turnover, the actual reason may have more to do with pay than skills.

Fit Small Business has complied its list based on metrics such as residents assessment of the quality of life; well-being index; residents economic confidence; average hours worked per week and mean commute time to work.

To make a dramatic impact on health care, we have to start from the beginning and the way each one of us engages with the health care system. From there, we can create the full chain to predict, preempt and proactively guide people to better care at a lower cost.

Theres a significant shift occurring in benefits packages offered by large employers. The focus is no longer all about plan cost containment. Instead, offering more choices to employees appears to be driving the benefits trend.