8/28/2009 9:28:00 PM
2009-2010 Influenza Season Planning and Response
Local flu conditions will influence the decisions that local public health officials will make regarding community-level strategies to lesse ...
8/28/2009 9:21:00 PM
Healthy Families Act
Employers should be aware of the Healthy Families Act of 2009 (HFA) that was introduced in the House of Representatives earlier this year. It seeks to guarantee full-ti ...
8/28/2009 9:15:00 PM
Recession Increases Employment Litigation
During tough economic times, there are more layoffs and performance-based terminations. Along with layoffs and terminations comes increased employm ...
8/28/2009 9:09:00 PM
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mployers and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
Many of the benefits of choosing a Health Savings Account (HSA) over a traditional health insu ...
8/28/2009 8:44:00 PM
Creating an Employee Stimulus Package
In a time of pay cuts, layoffs and pay freezes, employee morale is plummeting just as fast as their 401(k)s. To rescue and restore productivity, organi ...
8/28/2009 8:37:00 PM
COBRA Subsidy Action Items
The following implementation items for the COBRA Premium Assistance Rules are suggested by the Employee Benefit Institute of America:
1) Identify all current ...
8/28/2009 7:45:00 PM
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Signed
On January 29, 2009, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. The Ledbetter Act takes effect as if it was enacted on May 28, 2007. The ke ...
8/28/2009 7:34:00 PM
New FMLA Notice Requirements
The new FMLA regulations became effective on January 16th, 2009. All of the new model notice forms are available on your client portal. The following are the mo ...
8/28/2009 7:21:00 PM
Times are Lean – Should You Still Reduce Fat?
Many companies are looking for ways to cut out the fat in the current economy. Some view wellness programs as an unnecessary expenditure, and t ...
8/26/2009 12:45:00 AM
COBRA (the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) is a package of legislation passed in 1985 which mandates that employers continue to provide former employees and their dependents with Read More...