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As health care costs continue to rise, so has the demand for voluntary benefits. Since many employers find it increasingly difficult to provide employees with a complete benefit package, voluntary benefits have become an ideal solution. Voluntary benefits allow...

The IRS recently released updated penalty amounts for 2025 related to the employer shared responsibility (pay-or-play) rules under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). For calendar year 2025, the adjusted $2,000 penalty amount is $2,900, and the adjusted $3,000 penalty...

In November 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. More than 130 employers responded to the...