Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund business ...

Using real-world data to quantify differences between mental health and physical health care, this index turns parity from a ...

Bruce Shutan is an Employee Benefit News contributing writer based in Portland, Oregon.

When Lionel Marshall first joined VA mortgage lender NewDay USA in 2021, he didn't pass the required SAFE MLO test — joining the roughly 45% of test-takers, nationally, who are unsuccessful the first ...

Helping clients establish a formal fiduciary committee charter moves the health plan from an uncontrollable cost into a ...

To the casual observer, recruiting, hiring, and onboarding job candidates may seem like simple processes. You browse LinkedIn and Indeed, conduct a couple interviews, send out an offer letter, get the ...

Get to know 25 HR and benefits experts, innovators and advisers changing the way we work. Leaders from AECOM, PepsiCo, Walmart, Acrisure, CVS Health and more unlock their greatest secrets of success ...

Employees are becoming so reliant on AI that many fear the tools are eroding their skills and weakening their ability to think critically, according to a new study. Processing Content New research ...

More than halfway through Mental Health Awareness Month and with plenty of time before open enrollment, benefit leaders can find a wealth of current information and advice on how to strengthen support ...

More than half of U.S. employees say that financial stress is affecting their work, and many are scaling back contributions to workplace benefits, according to a new Morgan Stanley report. Processing ...

Jimmy Nesbitt is a reporter at Employee Benefit News, where he covers the evolving landscape of workplace benefits, healthcare, retirement, financial wellness and related policy issues. His career has ...

Key insight: Discover how ICHRAs convert volatile health benefits into targeted, employee-choice compensation. What's at stake: Misaligned benefits risk losing talent and escalating total compensation ...