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Weak Accounts Threaten Workers’ Well-Being
March 19, 2012
High-deductible health care plans with health savings accounts (HSAs) continue to gain steam, but without careful...
Women’s Benefit Issues Take Spotlight
March 17, 2012
When it comes to benefit compliance, it’s not your father’s workforce anymore — it’s your...
Employers Hunt for Ways to Boost Program Payoff
March 15, 2012
Ask the HR directors of companies without a wellness program why the businesses haven’t taken the plunge, and...
Leave Troubles Can Linger for Employers
February 25, 2012
The federal government continues to tweak the rules regarding the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), giving employers...
Insurance, Employment, & Financial Services
Weak Accounts Threaten Workers’ Well-Being
High-deductible health care plans with health savings accounts (HSAs) continue to gain steam, but without careful attention, poor savings habits can undermine an employer’s best intentions, experts say. In a... Read more →
Employers Hunt for Ways to Boost Program Payoff
Ask the HR directors of companies without a wellness program why the businesses haven’t taken the plunge, and you’ll likely get a mix of answers. The challenges of keeping employees engaged and the time... Read more →
Leave Troubles Can Linger for Employers
The federal government continues to tweak the rules regarding the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), giving employers another reason to carefully review their leave policies. Most recently, the Department of Labor... Read more →
Employers Can Weather High Costs with Smart Strategies
Like a groundhog in February, employers and HR managers can’t poke their heads over a cubicle wall without seeing the long shadow of growing health care costs stretching from their workforce. But unlike the... Read more →
It’s Official: Agencies Release Final Rules on SBC, GINA, 401(k) Fees
Final versions of benefits-related rules have been flying out of federal agencies in the early weeks of 2012, with more expected to come over the next few months. One of the hottest compliance topics to emerge from... Read more →
Agencies Issue Guidance On Automatic Enrollment, Employer Mandate, and Waiting Periods
On the same day that they released final regulations on the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (see our recent Compliance Alert on SBCs), the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury (the... Read more →
New Year Brings Extra W-2 Duty for Many
New Year Brings Extra W-2 Duty for Many Although 2012 is just getting started, many employers are already looking ahead to next year for a change in Form W-2 reporting. Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care... Read more →
Employer Compliance Alert
More IRS Guidance on W-2 Reporting of Health Coverage Among the provisions contained in the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was a requirement that employers report, on each employee’s IRS Form W-2,... Read more →
Benefit Communication
Employers Go High-Tech with Benefit Information Most employers say they understand the importance of benefit communications. Unfortunately, many struggle to translate that knowledge into actions. Now more than ever,... Read more →
Employee Engagement
Are your employees genuinely interested and committed to the success of your company and the work they perform? For many employers, this scenario is all too familiar: A company starts a wellness program or purchases a... Read more →