Buck on the Issues

Jim Levine, Director of Compensation and Benefits at Church and Dwight, discusses how they’ve expanded their health care choices and reduced overall costs health care costs for both the company and its employees with Buck Consultants’ RightOpt©.

Oliver Landreth discusses how taking a holistic approach that considers employees’ career, health, and wealth needs can lead to a better customer experience and an improved company bottom line.

Seth Cohen from Castlight Health discusses how their enterprise healthcare cloud, integrated into Buck Consultants’ RightOpt private exchange, influences employee behavior and encourages healthier choices.

2014 and 2015 are key years for health care reform, with coverage in the marketplaces beginning in 2014 and the employer shared responsibility requirement becoming effective for larger employers in 2015. In this podcast, Buck’s Rich Stover and Drew Crouch discuss recent legislative and regulatory developments under the Affordable Care Act — including what to expect in the months ahead.

Ever-evolving changes in US legislation can have a significant impact on HR operations. In this podcast, Buck's Drew Crouch discusses what's ahead, including implications from the recently approved budget and an update on the Affordable Care Act climate.

In this podcast, Buck's Ted Goldman and Keith Kotfica discuss the challenges surrounding retirement readiness, including low participation in employer-sponsored plans, inadequate savings, and the widespread confusion among employees over investment choices.

Managing employee stress has been identified as a top priority globally amongst employers in Buck's Global Wellness survey. In this podcast, hosted by Scott Anderson, Buck's Paula Andersen discusses what resources companies can use and programs you can implement to help manage employee stress and other mental health issues.

Generally, group disability insurance provides disabled employees with 60% of their income, but this isn't always the case. In this podcast hosted by Scott Anderson, Buck's Kif Cahillane discusses the importance of supplemental disability insurance and how you can fill the gaps in coverage to protect your employees.

On July 2, 2013 the US Department of Treasury announced it is delaying by one year the Affordable Care Act's employer shared responsibility penalty and certain reporting requirements. In this podcast hosted by Scott Anderson, Buck's Tami Simon discusses why this one year delay is important for employers working to comply with the law.

To prepare for the post-reform era, HR and Benefits managers seek to simplify administration, engage employees to make wiser decisions regarding health and wealth, and lower the cost of health benefits. In this podcast hosted by Scott Anderson, Travis Klavohn introduces a next-generation consumer health solution from Xerox that simplifies health care by combining HSAs, HRAs, FSAs, and other health accounts into a single, intuitive consumer experience.