Benefits Think

That’s right, pros. We’ve been so caught up in health care reform that I’ve barely touched on the HIRE Act (Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment) and what it means for you.

It’s that time of year again, pros — where all of the selfless acts you perform daily at last get noticed. No, that’s not a marching band you hear in the distance; it’s the sound of your peers and clients tooting their horns for this year’s Benny Awards and i-COMM Awards. …

We have another podcast post today, this time with Heather Gatley, executive vice president of HR Services and general counsel for AlphaStaff.

So, we’ve had some time to start to digest the biggest components of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, when they go into effect and the implications for your health plans.

So, I promised that we’d get back to analyzing health care reform, and I am a woman of my word. We’re going to do things a little different today, though, and make today’s post a listen instead of a read.

Okay, I thought we all needed a brief respite from health care reform. So, we’re going waaaay in the opposite direction today with results from a new study by work-life provider SitterCity, which claims to have noted a “SitterCity effect” among employers using its child/elder/pet care resource services.

Forgive me, pros. I’m a little bleary-eyed today, since I stayed up until after midnight to get the official vote tally (219-210, by the way) and real-time analysis of Sunday’s House vote on health care reform.

If you’ve been paying attention, you know how much I love Vegas. That’s right, pros — I’m a betting woman.

I bring you good tidings today from Charles Schwab, whose new data show that all the time you’ve spent getting blue in the face about the importance of rolling over 401(k) savings is doing some good!

Anyone see the movie ‘2012’? It’s a visually impressive, although somewhat distressing, popcorn flick that plays out some of the existing theories that predict the end of the world as we know it in December 2012.