by Tatum Pugh | Apr 8, 2020
Employers may now contribute to student loans tax-free Pick A Plan Download Briefing In an era of economic uncertainty, the burden of student debt becomes even more crippling for borrowers. And the immediate need for college-educated workers becomes even more dire. In...
by Tatum Pugh | Feb 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Peanut Butter made headlines Tuesday after spending its first week up in the sky. 24 floors up, to be exact. Last Wednesday, Peanut Butter and a handful of other companies moved into new offices inside Seneca One tower in downtown Buffalo. The complimentary Class A...
by Joe Kwasniewski | Nov 27, 2023 | Benefits, Differentiation, Employee Benefits, Employee Engagement, Financial Wellbeing, Finding Talent, Human Resources, Recruiting, Retaining Talent, Student Loan Assistance, Student Loan Debt, Workplace diversity
Student debt is burdensome. According to the Education Data Initiative, today’s average borrower holds over $40,000 outstanding. Alone, that data-point is compelling enough to persuade many employers to offer Student Loan Assistance as a benefit. However,...
by Andrew Bordewick | Apr 28, 2016 | Government Relations
I wrote in a previous blog that Peanut Butter sat down with Congressman Rodney Davis (R, IL – 13) to discuss a bill he sponsored that would enable companies to make tax-free contributions towards their employees’ student loan repayment. On April 4, 2016,...
by David Aronson | Oct 12, 2017 | Insights, Press Room, Winning Together
Employer-sponsored student loan repayment programs are growing quickly as was highlighted in an October article published by the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM). In the article, Peanut Butter CEO David Aronson shared that companies are choosing to help...
by Tatum Pugh | Jul 8, 2020 | Employee Engagement
2020 has presented the U.S. workforce with a number of unprecedented changes. With social distancing guidelines in place, many companies have been forced out of their offices and into the virtual workspace. From Zoom happy hours to virtual coffee breaks, companies...
by Tatum Pugh | Sep 29, 2020 | 529 Savings Plan, Insights, Retaining Talent
Smart organizations include Student Loan Assistance in their benefits packages because they’re aware of the increasing student loan debt burden their employees face and they know it’s an effective tool for hiring and retaining top college-educated talent. If your...
by Tatum Pugh | Sep 12, 2019
Food and Beverage We help restaurants attract managers and wholesalers attract sales professionals. Times are uncertain Financial stress is expensive Student Loan Assistance can help TIMES ARE UNCERTAIN AND FINANCIAL STRESS IS HIGH % employees suffer from financial...
by Joe Kwasniewski | May 13, 2024 | Benefits, Differentiation, Employee Benefits, Program Management, Recruiting, Retaining Talent, Student Loan Assistance, Student Loan Repayment, Tax-free, Winning Together
Selecting the right vendor for any benefit is a crucial component of a program’s success. During our time supporting group transitions from other Student Loan Assistance administrators, we’ve learned four key reasons on why employers are choosing to make the switch....
by David Aronson | Sep 21, 2016 | Press Room
San Jose, CA (September 21, 2016). Today, from the Innovate! & Celebrate Conference where Peanut Butter is a semi-finalist for Tech.co’s Startup of the Year competition, I’m pleased to announce our partnership with Credible, which expands the student...
