Insurance

Court: Get tested or pay your own premiums

01/29/2016

It costs so much to provide health insurance for your employees that you may be frustrated when you see some of them engaging in unhealthy behavior that ultimately drives up the premiums you pay.

Employers tackle spiraling prescription benefit costs

01/07/2016

Employers are working hard to rein in prescription drug spending, according to new research by Towers Watson.

Deadlines extended for health insurance forms

01/05/2016

In an act of year-end kindness, the IRS announced in late December that it’s extending the time you have to provide employees with Form 1095-C or 1095-B and the time you have to file those forms. The IRS stressed, however, that if you can furnish and file on time, you should still do so.

Unemployment: Workplace threats are grounds to quit

01/04/2016

Employees who report being threatened at work can quit and collect unemployment benefits if their employer doesn’t act fast to provide a safe workplace. Such a “compelling and necessitous” reason to quit makes the employee eligible.

Obamacare ‘Cadillac tax’ rolled back until 2020

12/22/2015

The much-maligned “Cadillac tax” on high-value employer-provided health insurance plans has been delayed for two years after President Obama signed a massive budget bill in late December that funds the federal government for the coming year.

Workers’ comp reinstatement must fit physical restrictions

12/16/2015

Under workers’ comp rules, people who are injured at work are entitled to reinstatement into open jobs for which they are qualified and which fit any physical restrictions. The penalty for not placing a worker in such a job is one year’s wages.

No unemployment benefits: New duties weren’t grounds for quitting

12/16/2015

Employees who quit generally aren’t entitled to unemployment compensation. Unless something occurred that would compel a reasonable worker quit, employees won’t get benefits.

ACA compliance news you can use

12/15/2015

The Affordable Care Act is finally in full swing for all large employers. Let’s get caught up to date.

Benefits seen as essential, especially health coverage

12/11/2015

More than three-quarters of American workers say their workplace benefits package is important to their decision to take or reject a job, according to new research by the Employee Benefit Research Institute.

Poll: Most agree feds should require insurance

12/08/2015

For the first time since 2008, more than half of those polled by Gallup say the government should ensure all Americans are covered by health insurance.