Companies are well aware that in today’s competitive job market, it is necessary to offer employees healthcare and voluntary benefits to attract and retain talent. Not surprisingly, more and more employers over the last five years have been willing to offer their workers perks that extend to their family pets.
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On November 15, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Department of Labor (DOL), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (collectively, Departments) released proposed rules on coverage transparency.
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Updated January 2020
A plan sponsor’s requirements under federal law will vary depending on factors such as group health plan design, size, grandfathered status, and whether the plan is fully insured or self-funded.
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Social Security numbers (or SSNs) used to be tied just to your Social Security benefits. Now, that number is tied to just about everything used to identify you. In this age of identity theft, your Social Security number is one of the most valuable – if not the most valuable – identifiers you have.
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Topics: Compliance Issues, Affordable Care Act, Employee Benefits
In December 2019, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 included a one-year extension of the federal tax credit for employers that provide paid family and medical leave (FML) to their employees.
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020
2:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. PT
Health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) are accounts that help employees pay for qualified medical expenses not covered by their health plans. This webinar will provide an overview of the the new final rules on HRAs and individual coverage HRAs with an emphasis on the proposed rules regarding nondiscrimination and affordability by:
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Creating an awards system for workers or celebrating an employee’s birthday are positive examples of company culture. The larger the company, the more perks a business will usually offer.
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It is important to employers to make sure their employees are covered by disability insurance and that plan members can access the coverage easily. However, if you are an HR professional, you need to be aware that there are some variables in these contracts that could cause confusion.
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For quite some time now, people have been joking that technology might eventually steal away their jobs. For certain employees these days, that fear rings especially true.
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