22 Apr In Brief: Let’s Be Careful Out There

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Original post ubabenefits.com Corporate disaster plans used to be just weather-related, but in today’s world these plans should include acts of terrorism. Recently, as many of you know, a bomb exploded in the Brussels, Belgium, airport causing more than just death and destruction. It caused fear,...

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19 Apr Employee Relations: The Other Side of Office Politics

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Original post ubabenefits.com Everyone is aware of office politics, but what about politics in the office? Whether you label yourself as a republican, democrat, independent, liberal, conservative, or anything else, it’s best to keep your opinions to yourself. During an election year, people can become quite...

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06 Apr Weeding Out Low Performers

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Original post ubabenefits.com Every workplace has its fair share of slackers and goof-offs, but it’s what an employer does with those employees that solidifies its corporate culture as one of high or low performance. Employers that ignore low-performing employees risk more than just productivity. In an article...

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29 Mar Case Study: Using Data to Identify Healthcare Savings for a Mid-size Manufacturer

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Original post ubabenefits.com Historically, companies have struggled with the best way to package and deliver benefits to attract talent and retain staff. Today, companies understand that they need to leverage a variety of solutions to provide meaningful healthcare coverage, promote wellbeing and mitigate cost. UBA Partners...

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17 Mar Wellness: Business Travel Is Seldom Done Leisurely

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Original post ubabenefits.com To quote singer Warren Zevon, "I've been to Paris and it ain't that pretty at all." Many people often think of business travel as a "free vacation" or that it's all champagne and caviar (and if it is for you, I want to...

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16 Mar Technology: Top Talent Prefers Being Recruited Via Their Mobile Device

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Original post ubabenefits.com If you haven’t noticed, newspapers are shrinking in size. Fewer people, especially the younger demographic of 18- to 40-year-olds, read them and this especially applies to when they’re searching for jobs. Employers who continue to use only the older methods of recruitment --...

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14 Mar Using Compliance Reviews to Prepare Employers for Audit

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Original post benefitsnews.com A retirement plan sponsor has a fiduciary duty to ensure that the plan complies with all federal and state rules and regulations. Plan sponsors must follow the plan’s provisions without deviating from them unless the plan has been amended accordingly. Failure to follow...

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08 Mar Compliance Recap: February 2016

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Despite having an extra day, February 2016 remained relatively quiet in regard to compliance and employee benefit plans. The Department of Labor (DOL) issued the awaited proposed revisions to the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) template and its instructions. The 2016 poverty guidelines (also referred...

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07 Mar How Self-insured Employers Can Meet ACA Nutritional Counseling Requirement

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Original post benfitnews.com The American population is getting heavier. From the 1960s to the present, obesity has almost tripled. In fact, experts predict that if current trends continue unchanged, by 2030 more than half of the U.S. adult population will be obese, according to research published in the...

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02 Mar Enrollment in Vision Plans Remains High

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Original post benefitsnews.com Employers hoping to attract and retain employees need not look further than their vision benefit offerings. New research shows vision benefits have high engagement with employees, but some experts say employers need to work closer with advisers to build the benefit plan workers are...

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