Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Banco Popular de Puerto Rico is a full-service financial services provider with operations in Puerto Rico, the United States and Virgin Islands. Popular, Inc. is the largest banking institution by both assets and deposits in Puerto Rico, and in the United States Popular, Inc.

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  • For all the news of layoffs, salary cuts and freezes, I thought I'd bring you some news about jobs that truly are recession-proof. Manpower Inc. recently released its annual list of the nation's toughest jobs to fill. Unfortunately, HR/benefits professional is not among them, but recent reports do show that the economy has spurred some people to change careers. If that sounds like you, these are the jobs to consider: …

    June 5
  • A recent report in The Washington Post reveals that Sen. Edward Kennedy's health care reform proposal involves mandates both for employees and employers, similar to the health care system in Kennedy's home state of Massachusetts. It's no secret that employers are solidly against a mandate for businesses to chip in for the cost of health insurance, so I encourage you to make your voice heard on Sen. Kennedy's plan. According to the Post, he plans…

    June 1
  • In a recent article written for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, authors Chuck Marr and Kris Cox suggest that "Congress should consider scaling back or eliminating health care flexible spending accounts as part of its effort to pay for health care reform." Among their reasons for deep-sixing FSAs, Marr and Cox say: * FSAs encourage excess utilization of health care. * FSAs' 'use or lose it' requirement promotes wasteful spending. * FSAs complicate…

    June 1
  • I'm always shocked at the low numbers when it comes to wellness participation. Does anyone have thoughts about the old carrot v. stick idea to get people to participate? It sounds like you're advocating that this is something people do to save costs in the long run -- which sounds like a good idea in...

    July 11
  • One thing that came up in the podcast with the PWC folks was that other countries seem to be going for the stick. I think CNN did a piece recently on how Japanese companies are measuring waistlines and making life miserable and costly for folks that have too much pudge. The employer community has gotten...

    July 11
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