Whether it’s a minor change to existing benefits or switching providers at open enrollment, getting employees to understand the ins and outs of their benefits is always a challenge.

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Tags: Benefits, Dental plan, Insurance brokers, Open enrollment, RTiMarket Research, Turnover

Despite increased workloads and longer hours, accountants are as accurate as ever.

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Tags: Accounting mistakes, Audit Analytics, Corporate accounting process, Enron, Errors, Restatements

Each year, employers are asked to shoulder significant healthcare increases — and many of them don’t feel they’re getting their money’s worth.

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Tags: Benefits programs, Congress, Healthcare reform, National Business Group on Health (NBGH), Obama's reform, Subsidized healthcare coverage, Towers Watson

Despite some positive economic signs, many employees are reluctant to begin making sizable contributions to their 401(k) plans again. Result: More employers are taking action to encourage them.

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Tags: 401(k) match, Automatic enrollment, Employee participation, Fidelity Investments, Hewitt Associates

The disparity between the benefits offered by large firms and those offered by small and mid-sized firms seems to be shrinking like the polar ice caps.

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Tags: 401(k), 403(b), Benefits, Fortune 100, Frozen pension plan, Hybrid pension plans, Retirement plans, Towers Watson, Traditional defined benefit plans, Watson Wyatt

A deadly incident of workplace violence is every employer’s greatest fear. One recent case has links, to the company’s finance department.

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Tags: ABB Inc., Excessive fees, Plan administrators, Retirement plan lawsuit, Timothy Hendron, Workplace violence

A recent study gives powerful incentive to check in with your Benefits department to ensure you’re in compliance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

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Tags: Benefits department, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, ERISA compliance, ERISA Pros, Form 5500, LLC, U.S. Census Bureau reports

For employers, getting Generation-Y employees to see the value of company-sponsored benefits has traditionally been a challenge. But the recession may have changed that.

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Tags: Benefits packages, Company-sponsored benefits, Economic crisis, Fidelity Generation Y study, Gen-Y workers, Generation Y, Twitter, Work/life balance

The latest sign employers are optimistic about the year ahead: the return of the 401(k) match.

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Tags: 401(k) match, Fidelity Investments survey, Reinstatement, U.S. recession

Newton may have rethought his theory that “what goes up, must come down,” if he lived to see the increases in healthcare costs over the past decade.

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Tags: Aon Consulting, Benefits & Talent Survey, Deductibles, Dependent eligibility audit, Employee contributions, Health Care Cost Survey, healthcare costs, Towers Perrin