[Voluntary Advantage] What Your Business Needs to Know About Student Debt in 2025

[Voluntary Advantage] What Your Business Needs to Know About Student Debt in 2025

by | Dec 12, 2024 | Benefits, Decisions, Employee Benefits, FAQ, Human Capital, Human Resources, Insights, Plan Design, Retaining Talent, Student Loan Assistance, Student Loan Debt, Student Loan Repayment, Winning Together

This article was originally published by Voluntary Advantage in the December 2024 edition of the Voluntary Benefits Voice. To read the full publication, click here; this article appears on page 21-22. Just over a year ago, our CEO Dave Aronson had the opportunity to...
Should employers process employee payments via payroll?

Should employers process employee payments via payroll?

by | Dec 5, 2024 | Benefits, Decisions, FAQ, Features, Human Capital, Human Resources, Insights, Plan Design, Program Management, Student Loan Assistance, Student Loan Repayment

During discussions with potential clients, one question that comes up from time to time is based on employee student loan payments and payroll. Wondering if they can/should process employee payments through their payroll system. This post helps answer this question...
Keeping Retirement Plans and Student Loan Assistance separate create the best outcome for employers and their teams

Keeping Retirement Plans and Student Loan Assistance separate create the best outcome for employers and their teams

by | Nov 12, 2024 | Benefits, Decisions, Differentiation, Employee Benefits, Financial Wellbeing, Human Capital, Human Resources, Insights, Plan Design, Program Management, Student Loan Assistance, Student Loan Debt, Student Loan Repayment

It has now been close to a year since the Secure Act 2.0 was approved and options were added for employers to tie their retirement plans to other programs like Student Loan Assistance. In our experience, this hasn’t been taken up as a common approach for employers....
Peanut Butter Feature to Know: What do employees agree to do as program participants?

Peanut Butter Feature to Know: What do employees agree to do as program participants?

by | Jul 22, 2024 | Benefits, Employee Benefits, FAQ, Features, Human Capital, Human Resources, Insights, Plan Design, Program Management, Student Loan Assistance, Student Loan Repayment

When considering Student Loan Assistance, many employers are curious about what employees agree to as benefit participants. Along with their responsibilities in the program. Employees that elect to participate in a student loan repayment program with Peanut Butter...