For plan sponsors, offering voluntary benefits is no longer optional. Voluntary benefits are expected by employees across all generations, who weigh them heavily in their decision to join or stay with ...

Employers are beginning to explore a wider range of offerings that support everyday financial stability and real-life ...

It continues to be a challenging business environment. Economic growth remains sluggish and many employers are cautious about hiring new workers or expanding employee benefits. At the same time, ...

Long gone are the days of a one-size-fits-all benefits plan. Today, businesses can (and do) choose a suite of benefits that best suits their goals as well as the wants and needs of the people who work ...

Effective June 1, Johns Hopkins University is transitioning to a new voluntary benefits administrator, Corestream, with a program called JHU Protection Benefits. This update will enhance your ...

Schlichter Bogard has long led ERISA class actions, mainly against 401(k) plans. Recently, they filed lawsuits against companies like United Airlines over voluntary employee benefits, claiming these ...

Law firm Schlichter Bogard LLP filed another lawsuit targeting employers’ voluntary benefits programs for allegedly charging participants “excessive fees,” continuing a growing campaign to apply ...

On December 23, 2025, four large employers and several national benefits consulting firms were sued in connection with their provision of employee-paid “voluntary benefits,” generally marking the ...

In recent weeks, a plaintiffs’ law firm has filed several claims against employers, brokers, and benefits consultants regarding voluntary benefit programs, including accident, critical illness, cancer ...