10 ACA questions employees want you to answer – now
If employees haven’t come to you with questions about the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) affect on them, get ready … they’re coming. Want to know what they’re going to ask?
Open Enrollment
2 ways to get more out of benefits meetings
Whether you want to continue to perfect your ability to give a great presentation before open enrollment season — or you need support from upper management to begin a new initiative, here are two techniques that’ll help:
2 ways to refocus employees on good news
You don’t have to search too hard to find doom and gloom about companies’ benefits and compensation outlook. But it’s critical not to let employees forget about good things that happen as you weather the economic storm.
4 tips to calculate full-time employees under Obamacare rules
Employers have less than a month to nail down just how many full-time employees they have before Obamacare’s employer mandate kicks in. The problem is, the law’s formula is tricky. To help with the math, 15-year benefits compliance vet Sheryl Southwick has some advice for employers.
5 benefits communication mistakes that kill employee satisfaction
Good benefits communication is more important than the actual benefits you offer – at least when it comes to employee satisfaction.
5 huge blunders that'll derail employees' plans for retirement
Looking for a little something extra to beef up your open enrollment materials? Then check this out.
5 ways HR can win over skeptics in the C-Suite
One of the biggest challenges HR pros face is getting upper management to view them as trusted, vital partners – not a department that’s essentially an ever-expanding expense item and necessary evil.
5 ways to make open enrollment easier on employees
Open enrollment is an important time of year, and it can also be confusing and a source of stress for employees.
Benefits confuse 3 in 4 workers: What you can do now
One stat you’ll want to keep in mind when preparing for open enrollment: 76% of employees who make decisions about their benefits coverage say they’ve made mistakes selecting benefits options.
Boost plan participation: Keys to a more thorough open enrollment
Considering the critical role Benefits plays for both employees and the companies looking to retain them, open enrollment is one of the biggest dates on the company calendar.
Critical compliance changes for next year: An open enrollment checklist
As HR pros immerse themselves in negotiating plan changes for this year’s open enrollment, it’s critical to keep these new 2018 regulation changes front and center. To help, here’s a checklist of changes you’ll need to be aware of when making plan-design moves:
DOL grants employers a major Obamacare break
Good news: The major changes the feds recently proposed to the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) statements won’t be finalized until at least 2016.
Don't make these 5 fatal HR benefits communication mistakes
Almost as important as the benefits offerings you use to drive retention and attract talent are, equally as important is how you communicate those benefits to your staff. Yet, this is an area in which it’s easy to fall short — and to help ensure that doesn’t happen to you, wellness and health management software maker Keas […]
Educate staff about benefits in 2 sentences or less
The days of sending packets of benefits info to people’s homes are over.
Employers pumping the brakes on dependent health coverage
To either help you decide how to adjust your benefit offerings this open enrollment season or justify some of the decisions you’ve already made, here’s a look at what other employers are doing with dependent health coverage.
Feds sneak in new regs on benefit summary documents
If the feds’ latest announcement is any indication of what’s to come, 2015 will be a busy year for Obamacare changes.
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