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On Tuesday, Sept. 27, Ill be moderating the keynote panel discussion at EBNs Benefits Forum & Expo, featuring four HR/benefits professionals from companies listed on Fortunes 100 Best Places to Work. If you had the panelists as a captive audience (heres who they are, by the way), what would you ask them?
September 19
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With knowledge comes responsibility and when we ask for transparency that's exactly what we get ... more responsibility. In health care being reponsible means two things, read about those in today's BeAdvised.
September 19 -
One of Benefits Forum & Expo's keynote speakers will be NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Roger Staubach, who played nine outstanding seasons with the Dallas Cowboys. Staubach has graciously volunteered to autograph some Cowboys memorabilia for EBN to give away to one lucky Twitter follower.
September 16 -
Whaddaya know? All this time, I thought it was just retirement plan participants who didn’t understand the fees they were paying. Turns out, according to a recent Spectrem Group study, plan sponsors don’t understand plan fees all that well either — only 45% of plan sponsors fully understand their retirement plan fees, according to the report that evaluated some 600 plan sponsors with assets under management of $10 million to $200 million.
September 15 -
Next month, us EBNers will cut the ribbon on our new office nap room. We are very excited about this, however, other than four walls and darkness, were kind of clueless about what to put in our nap room to make it the very best it can be.
September 14 -
The need for additional Life Insurance for today’s working Americans is compelling. Consider the following from the front cover of USA Today on Dec. 3, 2010: “Millions of Families Missing Safety Net.” “The percentage of U.S. households with Life Insurance is at its lowest in 50 years.” “Only 44% of households have an individual life insurance policy.”
September 13 -
A new survey from WorldatWork reveals that although 80% of employers around the globe say they support family-friendly workplaces, employee respondents report that when they took advantage of work-life programs, they experienced negative repercussions.
September 12 -
Well, its been quite an interesting renewal/marketing season already, hasnt it? Trend factors are lower than theyve been in years. Some carriers are out there offering premium holidays for new clients who sign up before January 1. And whens the last time you saw a carrier offer a double-digit rate decrease right out of the chute?
September 12 -
In a poll of telecommuters, Staples Advantage found that 86% of telecommuters say they are more productive in their home office. In addition, people who work from home are heappier, healthier, more loyal and better balanced than their cubicle-bound counterparts.
September 9 -
One of the first (and most popular) changes brought on by health care reform was the mandatory extension of health plan eligibility to adult children up to age 26 regardless of student status or dependence upon the employee. Most people predicted that the rate of ineligible dependents would decrease after this provision took effect. Based upon a study my firm recently completed, comparing similar populations before and after the implementation of this provision, we can
September 8