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What the NFL Can Teach Us About Healthcare Reform
The march to New Orleans for Super Bowl XLVII is on! This year’s big event undoubtedly provides a welcome diversion from narrowly averted fiscal cliffs, but it also provides an interesting opportunity to look at the impact of Healthcare Reform on employer sponsored benefits...
What the NFL Can Teach Us About Healthcare Reform
BiS - - Savannah, GA (January 23, 2013) - - The march to New Orleans for Super Bowl XLVII is on! This year’s big event undoubtedly provides a welcome diversion from narrowly averted fiscal cliffs, but it also provides an interesting opportunity to look at the impact of Healthcare Reform on employer sponsored benefits.
Voluntary Benefits: Employer Interest Rises
Atlanta Business Chronicle (11-16-12) - - As the economy continues to move along an uncertain path, companies are increasingly turning to voluntary benefits as a method to drive business goals while also attracting and retaining highly skilled employees.
Employers Face PPACA Implementation Questions
Atlanta Business Chronicle (11-16-12) - - As President Obama prepares for another term, businesses across Georgia are finishing up their open enrollment for 2013 healthcare benefits. Gov. Nathan Deal had until November 16 to decide whether Georgia would create its own healthcare exchange under the Affordable Care Act. If he got in under the wire....
Employer Notification of State Insurance Exchange
Employers will be required to give employees a written notice of the existence of State Health Insurance Exchanges and, if the employer offers a health plan, some of the factors that might be relevant to the employee’s decision to participate in the employer’s plan or seek coverage through an Exchange. This notice must be provided to current employees not later than March 1, 2013.....
Expatriates Require Different Benefits
Overview As the world continues to grow as a global marketplace, the needs of the globally mobile workforce continue to develop as well. Some of your employees may be abroad for a few weeks, while others may relocate for years. No matter the length of stay or location, employers need to understand the difference between...
Health Reform Update: Recent Changes and Challenges
Overview On April 14, 2011, the President signed the Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection Act, followed by the Continuing Appropriations Act, which was signed into law the next day. Of note to employers and other sponsors of group health plans, these Acts repealed two key provisions of the Affordable Care Act, the expanded Form 1099 reporting...
EAP Offers Help for Employees in Stressful Times
As employee stress loads mount, productivity declines, absenteeism rises and the probability of on-the-job injuries increases. As an employer, you may already have the tools in place to help employees deal with financial hardships. If your company provides group disability coverage as a core benefit, the plan more than likely includes an employee assistance program (EAP).
Employee Benefits Strategies and the Tax Relief Act
On December 17, 2010, President Obama signed the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the Tax Relief Act). The Act is a multi-billion dollar tax cut package that extends certain tax provisions known as the “Bush tax cuts.”
Grandfathering Health Plans: Evaluate Pros & Cons
The recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), or healthcare reform, is prompting human resource managers and their employee benefit consultants to spend countless hours assessing the impact on employer-sponsored benefit programs.
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