Published by WorldatWork on February 15, 2024. Written by Tom Starner with input from BAN’s Bobbi Kloss View the original post With demanding roles tied to a higher degree of stress, frontline workers are less aware of employer mental well-being benefits, more likely to say they do not have a problem and — even when acknowledging [Read More]
An integral component of company culture is understanding the compensation strategy that your organization is paying employees. Many employees are asking for transparency. A company can no longer make wage pay decisions based on their geographic location, what competitors are paying, and what an employee was previously making. While this may have been a simplified [Read More]
BAN Director of HCM Services, Bobbi Kloss, recently teamed up with Lucy Henry, Vice President of Stakeholder Relations from First Sun EAP to provide updated information on the importance of EAPs, which the National Association of Health Underwriters published in the June edition of their Benefits Specialist Magazine. Read the full article here
CLEVELAND, OHIO AND OREM, UTAH (PRWEB) MARCH 16, 2021 Benefit Advisors Network (BAN), a national network of independent employee benefit firms, is pleased to announce that it has created a strategic partnership with Nectar, a 360-employee recognition and rewards platform that enables organizations to celebrate and spotlight great work, anytime, anywhere. Under the terms of the [Read More]
As published by Employee Benefits News on July 20, 2020. Paid time off is one of the most desirable benefits, and often the most negotiated benefit for applicants. Whether the time is allocated in buckets of vacation, sick, and personal leave or lumped together under a single policy, a 2019 WorldatWork PTO study found that [Read More]
With the tight labor market and new generations in the workforce, the C-suite should be asking what they can do to remain relevant. Written by Perry Braun, Executive Director of Benefit Advisors Network, and Bobbi Kloss, Director of Human Capital Management Services. BenefitsPro.com, February 11th, 2019. Life happens. Things happen every day that we rarely [Read More]
On November 15, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Revenue Procedure 2018-57, which raises the health Flexible Spending Account (FSA) salary reduction contribution limit by $50 to $2,700 for plan years beginning in 2019. The Revenue Procedure also contains the cost-of-living adjustments that apply to dollar limitations in certain sections of the Internal Revenue [Read More]
Implications for Brokers and Employers Background: Clinical Factors Prehypertension and Hypertension (“HTN”) are important issues for health plans, providers, and individuals. Because of high prevalence, the potential for dangerous costly complications, and the availability of effective treatments, HTN has been an important “target” for guideline development. Key facts illustrating the importance of HTN for costs [Read More]