A benefits advisor assists HR teams with understanding, selecting, and managing employee benefits packages. Their impact is invaluable to creating a satisfied workforce and helping your business comply with labor laws.

Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) can help small to midsize businesses manage employee benefits. However, there are pros and cons to working with a PEO – and some employers may not be well suited for PEO services. Here is a look at the potential benefits and drawbacks of partnering with a PEO.

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) oversees most employer-sponsored benefit plans, including health insurance. HR professionals must understand ERISA employee benefits and follow the guidelines to remain compliant. Here’s your guide to ERISA, what it covers, and how to stay compliant.

Employee benefits are a key piece of any DEIBA strategy. By building an inclusive benefits offering, employers can help support employees’ unique needs, regardless of background. Here’s your guide to building DE&I into your benefits plans.

Far too many employees don’t understand their benefits – and that leads to a lot of frustration and wasted money (for the employer and the employee). Here’s your guide to identifying the tell-tale signs whether your employees understand their benefits plans.

Keeping compliant with ERISA and other employee benefits laws can be difficult – but it’s crucial to your success as a business. But that’s where your employee benefits broker can step in to help HR teams understand and adhere to benefits compliance requirements.

As experts in mental health benefits, brokers should help employers build effective plans — and get the full value of their investment. Here’s your guide to how benefits brokers support their clients in building (and improving) mental healthcare benefits plans.

Finding and hiring a new benefits broker is a tricky process. Hire the wrong benefits broker, and your small to midsize business may end up with lower quality benefits, waning employee engagement, and a low ROI. But we've got you covered with this guide to recognizing (and avoiding) common mistakes when hiring a broker.

Employee benefit brokers’ compensation can reveal a lot about the value they bring to their clients. Many brokers receive commissions — and sometimes even perks — in return for bringing business to certain insurance carriers. This potential conflict of interest can sometimes lead brokers to recommend carriers that are not the best fit for their clients. But now the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA) is lifting the veil, giving employers a clearer picture of how their brokers are being compensated.

The HR team of a small business is overwhelmed at best and overextended at worst – and that’s where your broker should step in. Your employee benefits broker can (and should) take on tasks like answering day-to-day questions, compliance support, finding opportunities to save money, employee support, and more.

Here’s your step-by-step guide to building an employee benefits offering at a small business – from finding a broker to determining which benefits to offer, and choosing the right carrier or plan for your team’s needs.

Small business benefits management can be a daunting task, especially for small HR teams with limited staff and resources. Here are 5 common pitfalls among small businesses when it comes to benefits management (and how to avoid them).