The act of offering a retirement plan to employees not only helps them save, it can bring awareness to the need to save.

News from Attendance on Demand, Clair, BrightPlan, Elements Global Services, Seyfarth, Wealthspire Advisors.

Here's a look at the benefits editor's notebook for the first week in February, involving HR's workload, the future of financial wellness market, a trader's murderous friends, the effects of the GameStop stock squeeze, and more.

News from InnovaCare Health, The Bloc, Commonwealth, Harvard Pilgrim Care Foundation, HTA, Tufts Health Plan Foundation, Job.com, Lafayette Square, Gibson Dunn, KnowBe4, Voya, Stanford Ctr. on Longevity, WellSpark Health

A change of leadership at the company ranked number one in the world's 25 largest insurers.

News from Insurance Education Association, LL Global, Milliman, Morningstar, Myers-Briggs, Goldman Sachs, Ovia Health, RS Fiduciary Solutions, SWORD Health, Trustmark Voluntary Benefits, Washington National

News from CAPTRUST, CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield, DCALTA, Groom Law Group, Integrity Marketing Group, MassMutual, Randstad, Unum

3 takeaways for the week, from an employee benefits editor's notebook--short, sweet, incomplete. Good stuff.