Author: Erica Kirby

Erica eats, sleeps, and dreams benefits. With 20 years mastering benefits administration & planning, she's the go-to expert for tips and tricks that make benefits programs actually work. From planning to execution, she turns benefits chaos into streamlined success.

We Funded the HSA in January. Then Employees Left.
The Day One Toolkit: Tools Nobody Hands a New Benefits Admin
How to Read Your Claims Report Without a PhD: the Skill That Turns a Benefits Coordinator Into a Benefits Pro
COBRA Explained Like a Human: What It Is, Who Pays, and the Deadlines That Will Burn You
Your Highest Earners Are About to Get a Paycheck Surprise: the 2026 Roth Catch-Up Rule Nobody Warned You About
Your Open Enrollment Was Chaos Last Year Because It Started in October. It Should’ve Started in June.