The Small Biz Ahead Podcast | How Employers Can Help Employees with Their Student Debt

On this episode of The Small Biz Ahead Podcast, host Gene Marks sits down with Mick MacLaverty, a student loan expert and CEO and Co-Founder of Highway Benefits, about student loans and benefits that small business owners can provide their employees. Mick also shares tips on how Americans are paying down student debt and what employers need to know about it.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:24 Current state of student debt
05:45 Average age of student loan holders
06:42 How Highway Benefits is helping employers
10:08 How Highway Benefits works
11:42 CARES Act benefits after 2025
14:55 Founding of Highway Benefits
17:06 Secure 2.0 and employer matching benefits
20:40 Key takeaways
22:00 Additional financial benefit offerings for employers
25:20 Final thoughts and closing
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The Small Biz Ahead podcast is dedicated to helping small business owners succeed. Each episode focuses on specific topics that can help you bring your small business to the next level. Gene Marks, an author and business owner, offers insight on how to make your business more efficient with tips, interviews and conversations with business owners and thought leaders.
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