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Practically ever since March 23, when President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the $1 million question has been: What can/cant employers do and still keep their grandfathered status?
If you've turned on a television lately, you likely heard that the world has caught FIFA fever. Kicking off (pun intended) today in South Africa, the football soccer to us Americans tournament is front and center on the global stage.
Earlier this week, a few of you wrote to me to let me know that you were able to hear only the first nine seconds of Associate Editor Kathleen Kosters extended podcast with a top-notch group of health care experts, parsing out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act discussing the most significant considerations for employers for this seasons open enrollment, and what provisions of health care reform will have the farthest-reaching impact on
Clearly, Im far from objective about the dependent eligibility extension under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. So, perhaps take this post with a grain or a pillar of salt.
Given how often health insurance carriers keep employers guessing on rates, on claims data, etc. it must be nice that carriers are the ones doing the guesswork, just this once.
You know those great sales stores offer the ones that are like buy one, get three free? Usually, they come with a fine-print disclosure, While supplies last.
As more and more employers opt to auto-enroll employees in target-date funds to give workers a nudge (more likely, a shove) toward a secure retirement, new research from J.P. Morgan shows that while plan sponsors are aiming for the bulls eye, they may be shooting slightly off center with their target-date strategy.
Im pretty sure if I said, Some folks at the IRS have a few questions theyd like to ask you about your 401(k) plan, youd start getting nervous.
I’m the proud relative of two army veterans, so Memorial Day always has had a special meaning for me. Although like many of us, I happily partake in the cookouts and celebrations the holiday brings each year, I always try to keep the reason for the holiday close to heart.
To say today was a technology nightmare is an understatement. It was as if Murphy's Law applied solely and specifically to anything I attempted involving my computer.
As a manager, I judge myself by several markers: whether my staff feels empowered and respected; whether Ive offered them the tools, support and guidance to produce their best work; the quality of our staffs overall output as a team; and honestly (though perhaps selfishly), whether or not they like me.
Remember that sweet, adorable poem, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten? It warms my heart just thinking about it a simple manifesto on living a best life.
Theres a saying that the only constant in this life is change. And while that may be true and certainly makes life more interesting I certainly cant blame the band of employer groups that are saying there is such as thing as too much change at least all at once.
So yesterday, guest blogger Karrie Andes was honest enough to help sort through the part emotions can play when selecting a broker. Now, a new survey shows that the importance trust may have in the employer-broker relationship as well.
Let me say, right off the bat, that I enjoy working with insurance brokers. Although, some of the brokers Ive worked with in the past might tell you a different story.
Heres a post that's silly and serious at once. As we can see, the weather is getting warmer. And when the mercury rises, so does the risk that your companys dress code may be violated.
It seems that the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has brought out my inner curmudgeon especially the dependent eligibility extension that allows young adults (keyword: adults) stay on their parents health insurance until age 26.
Although its still as James Brown once sang a mans world, a new research paper from Wharton finds that HR increasingly is becoming a womens profession.
Last week, we took a peek into the future and saw that 2014 could hold some scary consequences for employers that offer health benefits deemed unaffordable under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
I know nothing gets you going on a Friday like news from the IRS, so here you go: IRS Notice 2010-38, which outlines tax guidelines for extending health plan eligibility to dependents up to age 26.