Small Businesses Report Too Few Qualified Workers

Small Businesses Report Too Few Qualified Workers

According to a recent survey by the National Federation of Independent Business, the Index of Small Business Optimism is at its highest point since 1983. Earnings trends are at their highest point since 1987. The strong economy along with the lowest unemployment rates...
5 Voluntary Benefits You May Never Have Heard Of

5 Voluntary Benefits You May Never Have Heard Of

Student loan benefits aren’t the only incentives companies are using to recruit and retain new talent. Here are some other programs people are excited about:   Student Loan Reimbursement What it is: Financial assistance to help pay back student loans. How it...
5 Ways Companies are Modernizing Benefits Programs

5 Ways Companies are Modernizing Benefits Programs

Employee benefits programs are changing. Last year, the nonprofit International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) released a survey finding that 49 percent of employees don’t understand their provided benefits, and 31 percent didn’t perceive any...
Millennials Prefer Student Loan Benefits in 2017

Millennials Prefer Student Loan Benefits in 2017

Student Debt: A Growing Problem for All Employees 2017 Report Since 2015, student loan borrowing has increased with nearly 4 million additional students and parents taking out loans. We conducted surveys polling over 1,000 student loan borrowers each in 2015 and 2017....
How good is your student loan benefit program?

How good is your student loan benefit program?

Student loan debt is estimated at over $1.4 trillion between 44 million Americans. This burden has made employer-provided student loan benefit packages more popular. Companies using student loan benefit programs have had great results attracting and retaining talent....