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Benefits Magazine: January/February 2026
Articles Include:
- Building a Smart Specialty Medication Strategy: Lowering Costs and Protecting Access
- The Evolution of QDIAs: Unlocking Better Retirement Security?
- Workplace Strategies to Address the Global Mental Health Crisis
- Equipped to Help: Workplace Training on Suicide Prevention and Intervention
- Legal & Legislative Reporter
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The Evolution of QDIAs: Unlocking Better Retirement Security?
Rebecca J. McColm and Bailey Grace Leo
Qualified default investment alternatives (QDIAs) offered in defined contribution (DC) plans seek to ensure that participants who don’t actively manage their accounts earn better returns. Newer QDIA models that include lifetime income options may help boost retirement income security. -
Workplace Strategies to Address the Global Mental Health Crisis
Clare Miller
Mental health affects everyone, and organizations can reduce stress, prevent burnout and boost engagement through targeted initiatives. The author outlines strategies that improve both business outcomes and employee well-being. -
Equipped to Help: Workplace Training on Suicide Prevention and Intervention
Sally Spencer-Thomas, Psy.D., Matthew C. Mishkind, Ph.D., and Alex Yannacone
Workplaces can be a powerful setting for suicide prevention strategies since most people interact with work. One such strategy is gatekeeper training—otherwise known as community helper training—which teaches workers to identify and reach out to co-workers at risk for suicide and connect them to support services.
Past Issues
Additional Articles
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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.