Want to know where to focus your health-prevention dollars? Concentrate on the ailments that are costing your organization the most money in employee absences, decreased productivity and increased health care costs …
Never exaggerate the quality or quantity of employee benefits, either in written communication or when trying to sell an applicant on your organization. Courts will make you stick to any promises, …
Q. Currently, our company pays 70 percent of employees’ health insurance premiums. But we need to either decrease the percentage or possibly ask employees to pay the entire premium. How much notice must we give employees before making such a change? —D.O., Louisiana
If your organization offers life insurance benefits, now’s the time to start looking into new vendors. Reason: Premiums could decline up to 30 percent nationwide over the next few years, according …
The IRS recently announced that employees can pay for over-the-counter medicine (even aspirin) with pretax dollars through their company flexible spending account (FSA) or other pretax health care plans …
Expect lawmakers in other states to be encouraged by California’s landmark passage last month of a bill requiring all but the smallest companies to provide health coverage for their employees. Gov. …
THE LAW. Workers’ compensation insurance provides compensation to employees for loss of income and for medical payments when they’re injured on the job. A state workers’ comp law covers most …
Issue: Telecommuters pose unique legal risks, and courts are still figuring out what employers are liable for. Risk: Complaints and lawsuits over workers’ comp, overtime, discrimination …
When sending notice to a former employee about COBRA health insurance rights, define the type of “qualifying events” that cause COBRA to kick in. People have 60 days after a qualifying …
In an effort to stem the tide of companies discontinuing health benefits to retirees, the EEOC has proposed ex-empting retiree health plans from the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). …