Benefits value, not cost control, tops managers' challenges
Benefits value has surpassed cost control as the uppermost challenge confronting employee benefit managers, thanks to rising health care costs, employee cost shifting and a maturing workforce, a new MetLife study says. "For the first time in the five years since we started doing this study, retaining employees has surpassed the cost of containing health and welfare programs as the No. 1 benefits objective," said Ronald Leopold, MetLife's VP of employer sponsored benefits. BenefitNews.com (03/12)