Learn about employee trust funds, long-term investments set up by employers, typically as stock ownership or pension plans, benefiting both employers and employees.

Ongoing, targeted communication can help increase awareness, understanding and utilization of benefit offerings.

We’ve spent a lot of time talking about benefits over the past 20+ years. Aside from the main stuff like medical, dental, vision, we often get questions about free gym memberships, catered ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Nirit Cohen covers the Future of Work, bridging trends with solutions. You're losing 17% of your employees' work time. Instead of ...

Healthcare, 401(k) matching and paid time off still matter, but they’re no longer enough to win over today’s worker. According to the 2024 SHRM Employee Benefits Survey, the number of unique benefits ...

As the year comes to a close, everyone is feeling the stress of selecting the best benefits. But too often, we get so focused on the minutiae of what's covered and what isn't that we miss the bigger ...

Most salaried employees associate the Provident Fund (PF) only with retirement savings. While it is true that PF plays a crucial role in building a post-retirement corpus, its benefits go far beyond ...

The benefits of such an approach are instant. Employees no longer feel like passive recipients of a corporate package, instead they feel acknowledged and supported. When benefits align with real needs ...

Compensation still matters, but for many employees, benefits are doing the real work of retention.

The compound interest is credited by EPFO on a monthly running balance basis at the statutory rate declared for each year. For 2024-25, EPFO declared an interest of 8.25%.