Millennial Workers Benefit from Automatic Features in Retirement Plans
Millennials are the first generation of workers to fully benefit from improvements made to retirement plans over the last decade, including the introduction of automatic features, and these improvements are reflected in their retirement savings habits and attitudes, the results of a survey conducted by retirement benefits consultancy Empower Institute indicate. The survey of 4,038 workin...
Integrated Disability Management: Fulfilling the Promise
The concept of Integrated Disability Management (IDM) has been around for years, but its promise has never truly been fulfilled. Employers have had to juggle multiple platforms to manage, track and report employee absences, including workplace injuries, long- and short-term disabilities, leaves under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a...
3 Investment Gurus' Timeless Wisdom
Follow investment gurus to avoid investment mistakes. When things seem unsettled, a trio of these savants offer timeless advice you should heed. Such words of wisdom are especially appropriate amid current turbulent circumstances: a rocky bond market that perhaps signals the end of a 30-year bull run, U.S. stocks recently hitting new highs, troubling overseas developments such as Syria’s...
Salary Budgets Show Signs of Increasing in 2019
As the labor market tightens, U.S. salary budgets grew by more than 3% for the first time in four years in 2018, according to the results of a global survey on salary budget trends released by human resources consultancy WorldatWork. The survey, which was conducted in April 2018, collected data on nearly 15 million workers employed in a wide range of organizations and industries across 1...
