Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois discriminated against transgender individuals by denying coverage for medically necessary gender-affirming care in its administration of employer-provided ERISA health plans.

Employee benefits remain a critical component of the relationship between employers and employees.

Employees who rate their manager as strong in five key areas (autonomy, charisma, humanity, participative, and team-oriented) have better mental health than those rating their manager poorly.

63% of business leaders and decision makers feel their business lacks resources or needs help handling Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERC) tax credits.

Of those plan sponsors who reported full employee participation, 80% had a plan financial advisor, according to a Morgan Stanley, who just enhanced its design.

This largest-ever rescue covers 350,000 workers and retirees of the Central States Pension Fund, one of the largest multi-employer pension plans in the nation that was projected to become insolvent in 2026 prior to the pandemic.

Employees still kept their employer-sponsored retirement plans on track in Q3 even as they saw a decline in their retirement accounts, according to Fidelity.

The share of commercial markets that are highly concentrated increased from 71% to 75%, from 2014 to 2021.