Healthcare

With an October open enrollment deadline, employers need to get serious about their healthcare benefit decisions. But do they have enough information to act?

A trio of authors says wellness savings may be illusory and result from cost shifting, not creating healthier employees. Naturally, some experts disagree.

Employers that seek to reduce their exposure under the Affordable Care Act's "play or pay" mandate in 2014 by reducing their employees' hours could risk incurring penalties under a section of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

With a key Affordable Care Act mandate taking effect in 2014, a recent study finds many employers still wrestling with how healthcare reform will impact their bottom lines. Time will tell, experts say, how creative HR and benefits leaders have to get in designing robust benefit plans while keeping costs in line.