by David Aronson | Sep 27, 2017 | Insights
Research continues to show that student debt is delaying the American Dream. For employers, the opportunity to engage Millennial talent with a meaningful benefit that addresses their interests has never been so real. The National Association of Realtors and nonprofit...
by David Aronson | Sep 27, 2017 | Insights
Employee Benefit News (EBN) recently reported on the successful deployment of student loan assistance at Rise Interactive. Rise is an award winning digital marketing agency and Nicole Skaluba is the company’s head of people. In the article, Nicole talks about...
by David Aronson | Sep 20, 2017 | Insights, Press Room
I recently had the honor of leading a session at the EBN Benefits Forum & Expo along with Nicole Skaluba, head of People at Rise Interactive. Our presentation covered: America’s student debt challenge and why companies are choosing to offer Student Loan...
by David Aronson | Jun 5, 2017 | Insights
For most employers, there is no need to implement a holding period. Student Loan Assistance is a strong recruiting tool and the impact is maximized if newly hired employees start receiving employer contributions from day one. There are of course exceptions to the...
by David Aronson | May 17, 2017 | Insights
Good news: employer-sponsored student loan repayment contributions are tax deductible. An easy way to think of student loan repayment is to consider it like compensation. That means employers can deduct their contributions as a business expense like they do with...
by David Aronson | May 9, 2017 | Insights
While this may seem like a value-add service to some, the reality is that your employees don’t need this, it creates unnecessary complexity for your program and in some cases may introduce financial liability. Though technically possible, we advise employers to...
