Minnesota Paid Family & Medical Leave (PFML): Employer requirements for 2026

Learn what Minnesota employers need to know about PFML. Coverage, payroll tax, deadlines, and an 8-step action plan to prepare for 2026.

Employee Benefits

5 challenges to tackle for 2026 open enrollment

Rising health care costs and shifting employee needs make 2026 open enrollment complex. Learn 5 key challenges and how employers can prepare.

Employee Benefits

Five strategies for reducing workers' compensation costs

Discover five OSHA-based strategies to lower workers’ compensation costs, improve safety programs, and protect your business from rising insurance expenses.

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Understanding what farm liability insurance includes

Insurance is one of the most important tools available to help farmers control their unique risks. That’s why most have some form of farm liability insurance. Put simply, farm liability insurance protects farmers and their assets from lawsuits and losses caused by bodily injury and property damage.

Business Insurance

Business

Negotiating retirement plan fees

According to plan sponsors, one of the most harrowing aspects of their fiduciary obligations is to ensure that plan fees are reasonable. From administration and recordkeeping to compliance and investment management—how can a plan sponsor feel assured that they are aware of all plan fees, understand them thoroughly and then determine their fair and reasonableness? It’s quite a task!

Retirement Planning

Retirement

6 Types of auto insurance coverage

To help you develop a better understanding of your auto insurance policy, here are six types of coverage that it may include.

Personal Insurance

Personal

Considering a hybrid work model and preventing turnover post-pandemic

Work flexibility is consistently cited as a post-pandemic trend, and many employers are already introducing hybrid work models in their reopening plans. Turnover is a common occurrence throughout any given year. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, turnover rates fell dramatically.

Employee Benefits

Benefits

Investment options - how many to offer

Many plan sponsors struggle with deciding how many investment options to offer in their retirement plans. While people generally like to have lots of options when making other decisions, having too many plan options can potentially lead to poor investment decisions by plan participants.

Retirement Planning

Retirement

What you need to know about the biden-harris administration's action to prevent surprise billing

On July 1, 2021, the Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services(HHS), Labor, and the Treasury, as well as the Office of Personnel Management, issued “Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part I,”.

Employee Benefits

Benefits

Four ways to increase employee retirement contributions

As a retirement plan sponsor, you want your employees to save the most they can in order to reach their maximum retirement potential. A significant amount of research says that you can improve both employee participation and their saving rates.

Retirement Planning

Retirement

DOL updates Q&As on COVID-19 and the FMLA

The U.S. Department of Labor’s(DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has updated its “COVID-19 and the Family and Medical Leave Act Questions and Answers” web page, originally published in 2020. As before, the Q&As explain that—under the FMLA—covered employers must provide eligible employees with job-protected, unpaid leave for specified family and medical reasons.

Employee Benefits

Benefits

Protect your home from sewer backups

Sewer backups occur when something blocks the normal flow of wastewater from your house to the city's sewer, causing sewage to back up into your home.