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A majority of employers regardless of workforce size are planning to keep their health plan coverage going into next year as the Affordable Care Acts employer mandate takes effect.
November 20 -
The 2014 midterm elections did more than just make paid sick leave benefits mandatory and increase minimum wage; ballot measures also approved recreational use of marijuana in various states and regions.
November 19 -
Multiple measures indicate the nations unemployment picture is changing for the better. Yet more jobs and an increase in hiring activity also means higher turnover and retention challenges for employers.
November 17 -
With an expected 5.5% rise in health care costs in 2015 the same year the Affordable Care Acts employer mandate takes effect employers have high hopes that spending can be reined through increased employee consumerism.
November 17 -
In the midterm elections, a majority of Massachusetts voters checked yes for Question 4 on their ballot a measure that calls for employers with 11 or more employees to earn and use up to 40 hours of paid sick time per calendar year. Companies with fewer than 11 employees will have to provide up to 40 hours of unpaid sick time.
November 14 -
Numerous states and cities across the country decided during last weeks midterm elections to raise their minimum wage, which has legal and retail employment experts predicting changes to other benefits could occur as a result.
November 14 -
As retirement confidence among employees remains low, small business owners and their workforces may even be less prepared due to the scarcity of formal retirement education and established retirement savings plans to help this demographic.
November 13 -
The funded status of some multiemployer pension plans has not seen any drastic improvements since the great recession. But now, as proposals lurk in Congress to eliminate pension liabilities and improve the overall insolvency of these plans, there may be changes on the horizon.
November 12 -
Its not every day that you hear about a financial services company that is pushing the envelope when it comes improving the health and well-being of its workforce. Prudential Financials chief medical officer, Dr. Andrew Crighton, explains the success behind the companys health, wellness and work-life programs.
November 11 -
The nations largest corporate defined benefit pension plans continue to experience woes as their collective funding statuses dwindle due to unsavory interest rates.
November 11