22 Sep What Employers Can Learn From Millennials

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Great read by Christina Folz on generational communication. It's a tale as old as time: Middle-aged and older adults kvetch about the next generation and speculate on what this world is coming to. Business author and consultant Jamie Notter recently shared a reference to young adults'...

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15 Apr 5 Ways Employers Can Optimize the Value of Maternity Care for Employees

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Original post benefitnews.com For many employers, discussions with employees about pregnancy focus on one topic: maternity leave. Yet, it is important to remember that length of maternity leave is only one of several important decisions made by an employee preparing for childbirth. Expecting parents are highly engaged in...

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31 Jul Employers Use of Multi-Tier Pharmacy Benefits Continues to Rise

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Originally posted by ubabenefits.com. UBA Survey Finds Number of 4-tier Plans Have Increased Nearly 142 Percent in Five Years Most employers have been using multi-tier prescription drug plans for many years, but new data released from the 2014 UBA Health Plan Survey shows a significant increase in...

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07 Jul What Employers Need to Know About Court’s Gay-Marriage Ruling

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The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, meaning that same-sex marriages must be recognized nationwide. The ruling will have vast implications for employers, which until now have been operating under a patchwork of different state and federal...

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07 Apr Survey: Employer Contributions to HSAs Decreasing

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In 2014, employees saw a 10 percent decrease in their average single Health Savings Account (HSA) employer contribution from the previous year, from $574 in 2013 to $515 in 2014, according to new data released from the 2014 Health Plan Survey of United Benefit Advisors,...

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03 Feb Here are 5 things every employer needs to know about the millennials in their workforce

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According to The New York Times, the total number of millennials—those born between 1981 and 1997—will reach 75.3 million this year, surpassing baby boomers (those born between 1946 and 1964) as the largest living generation in the U.S. Read more here...

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12 Jan House passes bill offering smaller employers relief from ACA coverage mandate

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Originally posted January 7, 2015 by Jerry Geisel on Business InsuranceMore small employers would be shielded from a health care reform law provision that requires employers to offer coverage or be liable for a stiff financial penalty under veterans-related legislation approved by the House of...

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08 Jan OSHA’s New Reporting and Recordkeeping Rule Goes into Effect on January 1, 2015

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Source: ThinkHR.comOn September 11, 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a final rule which updates the reporting and recordkeeping requirements for injuries and illnesses, found at 29 C.F.R. 1904. The rule goes into effect on January 1, 2015.Changes to recordkeeping requirementsUnder...

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26 Dec Wellness programs adopt outside-the-box solutions

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  Originally posted December 15, 2014 by Mike Nesper on Employee Benefit Advisor Increasing participation in a particular activity can be done with incentives, “but you can’t buy commitment to health,” says Alexander Domaszewicz, a principal and senior consultant with Mercer. “Getting people committed to health takes...

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12 Dec 2014 UBA Health Plan Survey Shows Rate Reprieve for Small Employers

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  Source: United Benefit Advisors, LLC Data in the 2014 UBA Health Plan Survey is based on responses from 9,950 employers sponsoring 16,967 health plans nationwide. Results are applicable to the small to midsize market that makes up a majority of American businesses, as well as to larger employers,...

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