5 sneaky ways your health plan could lose grandfathered status
Employers that have managed to hang on to their grandfathered health plans for this long will want to pay close attention to the feds’ final regs on the subject.
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You’ve heard it before: For every $1 you spend on wellness, you’ll save $3 to $4 in healthcare costs. Sounds great. But how do you know for sure your wellness program’s working?
We’re all aware that generous benefits packages are an effective enticement for potential hires. But are you willing to go as far as these companies to sweeten employee perks?
This worker clearly had an alcohol problem. But did her employer do what was required to help her?
Wellness initiatives like walking programs or weight-loss competitions may get all the press, but employers are selling their workforce short by not tackling another wellness issue: mental health.
This is a great time for HR pros to do a well-being self-checkup. October is National Depression and Mental Health Screening Month and October 10 was World Mental Health Day. We also bring it up because a recent global survey conducted by Sage, a U.K.-based provider of integrated accounting, payroll and payment systems found that:…
To help themselves survive the recession, more employers are cutting back their benefits packages than expanding them. But what exactly are employers cutting, and what are they keeping?
It doesn’t seem possible that 44 years have passed since Bewitched debuted on TV. In honor of the anniversary, HRB relives some HR blunders involving Darrin Stevens at his workplace, the ad agency McMann and Tate.
As an HR pro, you’re adept at juggling many stressors on a regular basis. But those day-to-day headaches don’t come close to the nightmare scenario that unfolded at a Walmart in Virginia, where a manager killed several employees in a workplace shooting. Here’s a quick recap of what we know so far: The manager opened…
In the battle to contain healthcare costs, it’s easy to overlook one key cost-driver — employees’ dependents.
If an employee walks in and requests FMLA leave for a “qualified exigency” under the recent amendments to the act, you’ll have to use the new form issued by the U.S. Department of Labor.
The increase in sexual harassment charges filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission have made headlines this fall, but that’s not the only eye-opening statistic coming out of the agency.
Can you discipline an employee who has recently complained about harassment? Yes, but you must be ready to prove the discipline was unrelated to the complaint. Attorney Bob Neiman breaks down a recent lawsuit that shows some of the circumstances under which this can be done.
You often hear managers whining about how “you can’t fire somebody for a bad attitude.” That’s wrong — and a recent National Labor Board ruling actually confirms that.
Bet you saw this coming: On the heels of the American Medical Association (AMA) announcing its position that obesity qualifies as a disease, an employee in Missouri has filed suit accusing his employer of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by firing him because of his weight.
Another bill has been brought to Congress that could impact FMLA requirements.
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