These days, it’s unusual to find employers that don’t offer employee health and wellness programs for everything from weight loss and overall fitness programs to biometric screenings, smoking cessation, and chronic disease management and prevention. But do they improve employee health and job performance while reducing absenteeism and healthcare spending…

Now that industrial hemp has been legalized federally, large agribusinesses and small farmers alike are embracing this new opportunity. From building materials to food, beauty and health products, America’s newest commodity has high earning potential. At more upwards of $10K/acre, though, hemp is expensive to plant. Taking care of it…

Here are planning for retirement checklists for different ages as you approach retirement. If you have more than 10 years before retirement: Contact your retirement advisor to help lay the foundations for retirement. If you don’t have an advisor, it’s time to meet with one. Create some basic life plans…

In today’s competitive business environment, benefits administration encompasses the entire construct of employee benefit planning, from design, pricing, and compliance, to communication, implementation, and everyday management. Strategic employee benefits administration reflects a company’s culture and values, differentiates employers in the recruiting marketplace, supports the delivery of sustainable financial performance, and…

Across North America, cannabis businesses are rolling in green. Cash, that is. In 2018 alone, investors funneled $10 billion into marijuana businesses across the U.S. and Canada — twice what was invested in the last three years combined. …

Cyber security awareness means different things to different people. To end-users in your organization, it means being mindful of the risks they can introduce when they browse the web, check email and interact online. …

What Is Supplemental Health Insurance? Supplemental health insurance supplements your primary health insurance coverage. Some supplemental health insurance policies cover certain events, like hospital stays or disability. Others cover specific health conditions, like cancer, a major organ transplant, or kidney failure. …

In March 2020, all but the most essential construction ground to a halt, as nationwide shutdown orders forced businesses — which had operated from a notably strong pre-pandemic position — to cancel jobs, pause operations, or stop doing business altogether. Construction workers felt an immediate pinch amid massive layoffs and…

All 50 states have statutory schemes in place that create workers’ compensation systems and provide for workers’ compensation benefits as an employee’s exclusive remedy for work-related injuries. Although the framework is different from state to state, workers’ compensation generally protects companies from potentially limitless tort liability for industrial accidents and…