Offering competitive work-family employee benefits is becoming a business necessity. In a 2024 survey, 94% of workers described family benefits as either “important” or “extremely important.” Four key ...

Spouses with no work history can claim Social Security on the work record of their retired partner (or ex-partner) under certain conditions. If the spouse claims Social Security at full retirement age ...

Should independent contractors get employment benefits? The question has fueled decades of legal and political battles — and it might finally be coming to an end for the roughly 58 million people who ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Discover how ancillary benefits supplement health insurance by covering medical costs like ambulance rides and drugs. Learn ...

Spouses with no work history can collect Social Security benefits based on the work record of their retired partner. Spouses that claim Social Security at full retirement age will receive a benefit ...

When the Social Security Act was signed into law in 1935, its purpose was to provide a financial foundation for America's aging workforce. Nine decades later, this mission is still being fulfilled, ...

Employers can gain a competitive advantage in recruiting and retaining talent by enhancing the delivery and focus of their employee benefits. That is the conslusion of research released by Nuveen, the ...