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Byline: Patty Remmell The way some business leaders view employee benefits can often lead to missed opportunities, according to Erick Bond. 'They often see (employee benefits) as a necessary evil [...]

Byline: Mark Hollmer Carter Myers Automotive in Charlottesville, Va., has dealt with rapidly escalating health care costs like almost every other business in the U.S. CEO Liza Borches decided to [...]

What's the most important priority in your office? Is it making money? Investing in employees? Your firm culture? Your clients? Winning cases? Or perhaps I should add a catchall since [...]

Byline: Sherri Welch Jennifer Litomisky has led Ronald McDonald House Charities of Detroit for almost 24 years, more than half of the time the nonprofit has been providing a home [...]

Byline: Special to the RBJ If it feels like you and your employees are paying more now than you did a year ago, you're not alone. Overall inflation rates have [...]

Byline: Omari Gardner General Motors, in an effort to 'meet the needs of an increasingly diverse pool of current and future talent,' is expanding its benefits eligibility to domestic partners [...]

2022 OCT 22 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Compt, an employee perk stipend software company optimized for the modern, more-flexible [...]

According to the U.S. Census' 2021 American Community Survey (ACS), the number of people working from home more than tripled from nearly 9 million to an astounding 27.6 million people. [...]

Byline: CARA EISENPRESS Restaurant work is filled with hazards: kitchen injuries followed by sharp warnings not to seek medical care until after the shift ends. Unwelcome advances in the hallway. [...]

The aftermath of the pandemic has resulted in significant changes, not only in how lawyers work but also in how leaders are perceived and how employees respond to them. As [...]

National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) activities don't have to end in October. NDEAM also offers an opportunity to launch year-round activities that highlight the importance of including disability in [...]

Owner, Fire & Ice Heating & Air Conditioning Inc. Fire & Ice is a residential HVAC contracting business serving the Columbus, Ohio area. Contact Scott at scott@indoortemp.com. We're feeling the [...]

Benefits Magazine is running occasional articles explaining the role and responsibilities of the various committees appointed by multiemployer benefit plan boards of trustees. Trustee Handbook: A Guide to Labor-Management Employee [...]

Fraud, waste and abuse (FWA) in the area of prescription medications is a serious problem in the United States, and the economic and personal costs of the problem have been [...]

Open enrollment can be stressful. Although it happens annually, getting everything ready for the introduction of new benefits or preparing workers for making changes to their existing benefits is challenging. [...]

The boards of trustees of pension and health funds, apprenticeship funds and the like are probably the most inspected, regulated and reviewed group of individuals this side of a feed [...]

A Tale Too Common 'What could we have done differently to avoid this mess?' the client asked. 'Review your vendor contract before signing' I told him bluntly. The simplicity of [...]

Those of us who work in talent development pride ourselves on creating effective learning solutions for our stakeholders. That's where our expertise lies, and we are darn good at delivering. [...]

We often talk about a quality job in terms of pay and benefits, but culture, employee agency, and an opportunity for skills development are also part of it, said Brooke [...]

The team members at real estate company Thompson Thrift wanted better access to high-quality health care and more time with friends and family. Owners John Thompson and Paul Thrift wanted [...]

5 TIME WINNER TONTITOWN / EMPLOYEES: 178 INDUSTRY: STAFFING TRS Healthcare places nurses in temporary staffing positions in hospitals and clinics across the country. It is a company that puts [...]

ENTEGRITY + Will provide up to six weeks of paid parental leave to employees following the birth of an employee's child or the placement of a child with an employee [...]

SPRINGDALE / EMPLOYEES: 56 | INDUSTRY: BANKING United Bank is a local full-service community bank that prides itself on being a customer-centered, community-focused institution in which customers receive personal attention. [...]

FNBC BANK + Recently implemented FNBC University. Phase one includes leadership development for new leaders and those employees who desire to move into a leadership role. Phase two will focus [...]

ACXIOM + Held the AKMMY Awards in 2021, allowing teams and individuals to enter their work for 14 internal awards in a variety of categories including innovation, diversity, equity and [...]

CHI ST. VINCENT HOT SPRINGS + The Family Care benefit program assists with locating backup child core and other services to help balance work and home. Co-workers can earn up [...]

6 TIME WINNER LITTLE ROCK / EMPLOYEES: 4 INDUSTRY: REAL ESTATE Many of the employees at BSR REIT -- the Little Rock-based, publicly traded real estate investment trust--have been with [...]

+ Employees are allowed to work remote from other locations for short periods to take care of ailing/dying family members if needed. + Company owners always contribute financially to any [...]

You've recruited, interviewed and hired the best people you could find. Now, how do you keep them? In the current hybrid work landscape and competitive job market, the traditional package [...]

10 TIME WINNER SHERWOOD / EMPLOYEES: 216 INDUSTRY: HEALTH CARE Delta Dental of Arkansas is an organization committed to its mission of improving the oral health of all Arkansans as [...]

LITTLE ROCK / EMPLOYEES: 26 | INDUSTRY: COMMERCIAL INTERIORS Evo Business Environments designs commercial interiors, a process of creating and overseeing the construction or renovation of a commercial space that [...]

5 TIME WINNER ASH FLAT / EMPLOYEES: 118 INDUSTRY: BANKING FNBC Bank was founded in 191 2 and now has 11 offices in Arkansas and two in Missouri. FNBC cares [...]

BRASWELL & SON + Rented out a movie theater for the release of the film 'House of Gucci.' DATAMAX + Employees take part in the DatamaxCares Fantasy Football League, with [...]

Waimart Inc. of Bentonville is teaming with a fertility startup to offer benefits under its insurance plan that will help its workers expand their families. The nation's largest retailer and [...]

Byline: Steven Ross Johnson For places like Marimn Health, addressing the needs and well-being of their more than 200 employees was a key component to handling the fiscal pressures caused [...]

Privilege is a term that gets bandied about a lot, especially by lawyers. Many of us have only a vague impression of what it is and how it works. To [...]

L. From Enforcement Manual, Chapter 48, on "Fiduciary Investigations Program": 1. Statutory Requirements. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) expressly confers upon the Secretary direct responsibility and authority to [...]

C. From EBSA Web site page on "ERISA Enforcement": ***** Enforcement Accomplishments If an investigation reveals a violation of the civil provisions of ERISA, EBSA takes action to obtain correction [...]

I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND I will offer in this outline some thoughts about settling disputes with the Department of Labor (DOL) concerning employee benefit plans. Before getting to those comments, [...]

With four out of five employees basing their job decisions on nonsalary factors, (1) employers increasingly view benefits as a powerful weapon to help them win the war for top [...]

Under the Bevill test, which has also been adopted by the First, Second, and Tenth Circuits, individual corporate officers or employees seeking to assert a personal claim of attorney-client privilege [...]

As HFMA Chair, I've asked you to consider what defined our industry, society and Association before the pandemic and then challenged us all to own how we will define after. [...]

Byline: Evan CuttsLOS ANGELES, CA Employers face major demographic changes in today's workforce, disruptive technology in healthcare delivery, and a growing skills and talent gap. Won Andersen and Dard Hunter, [...]