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Benefits Magazine is a bimonthly magazine that covers benefit issues affecting multiemployer, single employer and public employee plan representatives. It’s filled with timely, important articles from leaders in the employee benefits industry that tackle serious issues and provide tangible solutions.
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Benefits Magazine: November/December 2025
 
        Articles Include:
- Navigating the High-Stakes World of Catastrophic Health Care Claims
 - Smart (and Legal) Parental Leave Policies
 - AI and the Future of Leave Management
 - Health Care Price Transparency: The Role of the Plan Sponsor
 - Find the Right Fit for Your Employee Fitness Program
 - Legal & Legislative Reporter
 
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                Smart (and Legal) Parental Leave Policies
Dana D. Howells
The patchwork of dissimilar state and local laws makes it challenging to design a uniform, employer-paid parental leave policy. Issues to consider include leave stacking, antidiscrimination laws, job protection and reinstatement rights. -  
             
                
 
                AI and the Future of Leave Management
Melanie Payton and Chrissy Theiss
Employee leave has been one of the most complex areas of human resources and employee benefits for decades. Artificial intelligence (AI) can be an effective tool for leave management, but employers must navigate legal and regulatory issues. -  
             
                
 
                Health Care Price Transparency: The Role of the Plan Sponsor
Bryan Mahady, CEBS
Federal regulations implemented over the last four years require a greater degree of price transparency from hospitals, insurers and health plans. Providing participants with easy-to-use shopping tools and incentives to use them are among the strategies that may help plan sponsors leverage transparency to lower health plan costs. -  
             
                
 
                Find the Right Fit for Your Employee Fitness Program
Carrie Donnell
Considering issues such as worker fitness levels, preferences, cultures and abilities can help employers design more inclusive and effective employee fitness programs. 
Past Issues
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	                Benefits Magazine: September/October 2025
                            Type: Benefits Magazine
Featured article: Making Every Move Count for Your Well-Funded Pension Plan - 
                
	            
					  
 
	                Benefits Magazine: July/August 2025
                            Type: Benefits Magazine
Featured article: Zeroing In on Women’s Health - 
                
	            
					  
 
	                Benefits Magazine: May/June 2025
                            Type: Benefits Magazine
Featured article: Evaluating Investment Success: Six Factors for Employee Benefit Plan Trustees - 
                
	            
					  
 
	                Benefits Magazine: March/April 2025
                            Type: Benefits Magazine
Featured article: Preventive Measure: Self-Audits Help Your Plan Stay in Compliance - 
                
	            
					  
 
	                Benefits Magazine: January/February 2025
                            Type: Benefits Magazine
Featured article: Old Tables, New Realities: The Changing Face of Pension Plan Mortality