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ENERGI BUZZ - September 2009

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 ...

ENERGI BUZZ - August 2009

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 ...

ENERGI BUZZ - July 2009

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 ...

ENERGI BUZZ - June 2009

8/28/2009 9:09:00 PM
E mployers and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)

Many of the benefits of choosing a Health Savings Account (HSA) over a traditional health insu ...

ENERGI BUZZ - May 2009

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 ...

ENERGI BUZZ - April 2009

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 ...

ENERGI BUZZ - March 2009

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 ...

ENERGI BUZZ - February 2009

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 ...

ENERGI BUZZ - January 2009

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 ...

1 Avoiding the Ten Most Common COBRA Mistakes

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...

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