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Benefits Think The ACA shared responsibility excise taxs missing link: employer rights
Confusion is still circling the Affordable Care Acts excise tax. But now, legal interpretation following Hobby Lobby says the Internal Revenue Service may literally need an act of Congress before it can collect these excise taxes.
5 ways financial stress is hurting American employers
More than half of Americans are worried that they will not have enough money when they retire, while others are living paycheck-to-paycheck. Without a focused workforce, employee productivity takes a nosedive and absenteeism increases, according to a new FinFit survey. And the epidemic is not going away anytime soon, signaling a red flag for employers to embrace financial wellness solutions. Here are five indicators on how bad it has become and where to begin.
5 reasons why its awesome to be an independent broker
EBA talked with advisers like you across the nation and here's how they answered the question, "Why is it great to be an independent broker or adviser?"
Benefits Think Are all-ETF 401(k)s primed for a surge?
Having recently gained momentum in the investment world, exchange-traded funds carry a large amount of excitement. They commonly offer lower expense ratios and higher liquidity when compared to mutual funds while still providing diversification through broad exposure to all asset classes.
Most Endangered Jobs of 2014
Travel agent. Meter reader. Newspaper reporter. Theyre all among CareerCasts 2014 list of the 10 most endangered jobs, with the hiring outlook for mail carriers taking the biggest hit with a projected 28% hiring decrease by 2020. Job-seekers, broaden your horizons. View CareerCast's full report at http://www.careercast.com/jobs-rated/most-endangered-jobs-2014
4 tips for creating a winning culture at your benefit agency
Looking for a way to make your benefits firm stand out in the crowd? Sales and business coach Jack Daly offers tips for growing a business culture that inspires loyalty, engagement and the high performance those qualities produce.
3 tips for using workforce science to attract and retain talent
Workforce science uses data gleaned from a number of sources pre-employment personality assessments, employer data (everything from how long a persons been in the job to how many vacation days theyve taken to where theyre located and who their manager is) and publicly available macroeconomic data from government agencies such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics to help determine which applicants are more likely to stay on the job, which in turn lowers attrition and recruiting costs.
California delays ACA for small employers
California employers with fewer than 50 employees will not have to offer Affordable Care Act-compliant health plans until 2016 thanks to a new state law.
Benefits Think Tool helps plan sponsors check up on advisers
Retirement plan sponsors can do their due diligence on the good (and bad) of the financial advisers they work with by using tools such as FINRA's BrokerCheck.
Robert C. Lawton
Lawton Retirement Plan Consultants
DOL limits employer contributions for medical FSAs
A recent technical release issued by the U.S. Department of Labor imposes severe dollar limits on employers wanting to make pre-tax contributions to the medical flexible spending accounts for eligible employees.
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5 summer reading books for brokers in 2014
As you hit the pools and beaches this season, take some time to get motivated and brush up on sales skills with these reads recommended by fellow benefit brokers that range from new-thinking to classic, tried-and-true strategies. Enjoy your summer months with a dose of business.
50 best cities for employee satisfaction, Part II
Where in the U.S. are employees most satisfied? The online career site Glassdoor has released its annual Employment Satisfaction Report Card by City, offering a comparison of overall employee satisfaction, including with compensation and benefits, career opportunities, number of employers hiring, and business outlook expectations. We're counting them down to No. 1, we brought you 50-26 and now here are the final 25.
Industry reacts to Hobby Lobby decision
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court ruled that, as applied to closely held corporations, Obamacares contraception mandate requiring employers to provide workers with no-cost access to contraception violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Reaction to the case, Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., was swift, although most legal experts believe it is not likely to have broad implications for the majority of employer-sponsored health care plans.
50 best cities for employee satisfaction, Part I
Where in the U.S. are employees most satisfied? The online career site Glassdoor has released its annual Employment Satisfaction Report Card by City, offering a comparison of overall employee satisfaction, including with compensation and benefits, career opportunities, number of employers hiring, and business outlook expectations. We're counting them down to No. 1 here are 50-26 and stay tuned for the final 25.
Benefits Think This is your brain on stress
While you cant improve the health of your workforce without baseline measures and programs, a myopic health-risk-only strategy is a recipe for employee rejection, cultural conflict and poor results.
Henry Albrecht
Limeade
3 major sales-management sins
Because of how vital sales are to a company, especially benefit brokerages, business owners frequently tend to misuse their best people, says Jack Daly, author of the book Hyper Sales Growth. To ensure continued growth, Daly says the people at the top must avoid three common mistakes.
5 ways to make the most of your vacation time
Weve heard of buyers remorse, but vacation remorse? A new survey suggests one-in-three senior managers said taking too little time off was the biggest mistake they made with their last vacation.
Benefits Think Where do employee rights start, and how far do they go?
Most workers know that they have rights that entitle them to be free of illegal discrimination and from retaliation for reporting concerns of illegal discrimination in the workplace. However, many workers do not realize that they have rights to be free from discrimination even prior to being hired.
10 difficult co-workers and how to cope with them
Benefit and HR managers likely have more than their fair share of interactions with difficult employees. Geoffrey James, author of Business Without the Bullsh*t (Business Plus, 2014) shares 10 of the most difficult types of employees, along with suggestions for dealing with them.