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Matching emergency savings: The must-have benefit for 2023

ALM Staff | May 24, 2023

When employees can't pay for emergency expenses, they stress about money during working hours – and this has ripple effects not only impacting their retirement savings, but their ability to be productive.

Best Practices

Don't fear that AI is here: How the emerging tech can help HR pros

ALM Staff | May 24, 2023

As AI continues to develop and evolve, HR professionals must stay up to date with the changing technology.

Update

The COVID 'outbreak period' is ending: Action items for employers & health plan sponsors

ALM Staff | May 24, 2023

The outbreak period will end on July 10, 2023 - 60 days after the COVID national emergencies ended - so employers need to decide whether or not to revert to normal cost-sharing for coverage of COVID-19 tests and vaccines.

News

FTC sues to block the merger of Amgen and Horizon Therapeutics

ALM Staff | May 24, 2023

A more aggressive Federal Trade Commission is starting to target drug mergers and industry middlemen – pharmacy benefit managers, as part of Biden's push for lower drug prices.

News

Remote workers have tripled and many are women, study finds

ALM Staff | May 24, 2023

Women made up the majority of home-based workers in 2019.

2023 Broker of the Year finalist - Jenni Bickerstaff

Erica Silverman | May 24, 2023

This episode of the #RockstarsRocking podcast features Broker of the Year finalist Jenni Bickerstaff, Senior Partner/ SVP of Employee Benefits at AHT Insurance of out of the Northern Virginia area.

News

DOL: Prudential forced to pay $7M to families after unfairly denying claims

David Baumann | May 24, 2023

Hundreds of families were illegally denied life-insurance death benefits despite paying into the plan for years, in what the Department of Labor called a "game of gotcha."

Navigating the complicated world of health care

ALM Staff | May 24, 2023

How can employers assist members in receiving the right care from the right provider at the right time? Cost and quality navigation overlay programs can help.

News

Employee-surveillance trend deeply splits employers

Maria Dinzeo | May 24, 2023

A new Littler Mendelson survey of in-house attorneys and corporate leaders found two-thirds were concerned about the technologies' impact on employee morale and compliance with privacy laws.