Archives: 2024

Bolton Labor News Edition No. 8: March 2024

Pulse of the Purchaser: Part 2 of 2In December 2023, the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions conducted a national survey of health plans assessing benefit purchasers’ concerns and views around workforce environment, health strategies, fiduciary perspectives, hospital pricing strate…Continued

2023 - 2024 Voluntary Benefits Benchmarking Overview

Late 2023, Zywave conducted its 2023 Attraction and Retention Employee Pulse Survey to collect employers’ insights into attraction and retention challenges, workplace strategies and voluntary benefits utilization. Across the nation, more than 130 employers of various sizes and industries responded …Continued

Confidence is Bursting at the Seams

By Dr. Anirban Basu, Sage Policy GroupLook carefully enough, one can spot happiness. Often, happiness is embodied in the laughter of a child, in the demeanor of a family pet instinctively aware that it is about to go for a walk or to be fed, glances between newly minted moms and dads, and on Taylor…Continued

New IRS Mortality Tables: What Should Plan Sponsors Do Now?

In October 2023, the IRS finalized the regulations for mortality tables used for determining present value under single employer defined benefit pension plans and the Current Liability of multiemployer defined benefit pension plans and Cooperative and Small Employer Charity plans (CSEC), effective …Continued