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Try as you might, it seems most workers still don´t understand their health plan. That´s one of the top-line findings from J.D. Power & Associates' third annual national study on health plans satisfaction.
The Internal Revenue Service has published a notice that contains 58 questions and answers addressing the COBRA premium subsidy. Only 58? Well, I suppose it's a good place to start.
Wal-Mart is expanding a pilot program that eliminates copays on generic drugs purchased at its stores to more employers.
Statistics show that 2 million acts of workplace violence occur each year, costing more than $13.5 billion in medical costs, nevermind leaving psychological scars that may never heal.
I was watching CNN last weekend (yes, I watch CNN for fun), and saw a story about Jack Windolf, CEO of Bollinger Insurance, who gave all 434 Bollinger employees $1,000 from his own pocket — calling it a "mini-economic stimulus package."
Unfortunately, not necessarily. But we'll see.
This month, EBNers Kathleen Koster and Leah Carlson Shepherd report data regarding the health disparities affecting minority employees and tips for how employers can increase awareness to decrease care gaps.
The economy has everyone doing more with less, and as far as HR/benefit pros are concerned, they're doing it in-house.
Kelly, The crickets on the comments tell the story I guess…
I spent Employee Benefits day working on employee benefits. Yea!
Think your company would benefit from an onsite clinic but can't afford the investment? Trying getting by with a little help from your friends, so to speak.
The world (wide web) is full to bursting of social networking sites — so much that it's easy to get network fatigue. However, a new option is just for HR pros to help them build their own web community.
I know the economy is brutal, and you are working overtime to keep your CFO at bay regarding staff and benefits cuts. In this environment, cash rewards and other perks may seem like easy cannon fodder.
I love any excuse for a party, but this is a genuinely good reason: The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans is leading today's celebrations for National Employee Benefits Day.
According to a recent poll on HR.BLR.com and Compensation.BLR.com, 49% of HR pros said FMLA is the law that gives them the biggest headache.
I got another one for you to take to your legal eagles. According to a blog alert from Winston & Strawn, the Treasury Department will participate in a Public-Private Investment Program to buy up "legacy securities" (a much kinder, gentler term for "toxic assets").
Clearly, no employer wants to layoff valued, hardworking staff, but the recession has left many companies with little choice. However, I hear that some employers are doing their best to take the sting out of such action by offering outplacement services.
President Obama in February signed the Children´s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIP), extending the federal program to provide health insurance to low-income children and carrying new implications for group health plans, which by the by, become effective tomorrow, April 1.
Designed to build upon FMLA, four Democratic Reps. Pete Stark (Calif.), George Miller (Calif.), Lynn Woolsey (Calif.) and Carolyn Maloney (N.Y.) last week introduced the Family Leave Insurance Act of 2009, which would provide 12 weeks of paid benefits to workers who need to take time off to care for an…
Remember the days when employees sat down with their HR/benefits representative to decide which of the available investment funds you wanted to include in your 401(k) retirement portfolio?