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Now Trending in Corporate Benefits Departments

Neil Mrkvicka

15 Dec 201515 Dec 2015

More than one-third of companies have increased outsourcing of benefits functions in the past two years according to the International Foundation’s Corporate Benefits Departments: Staffing and Operations: 2015 Survey Results. This finding, on the surface, may rattle your sense of job security. But […]

No Health Insurance? How Big is the ACA Individual Penalty?

Lois Gleason, CEBS

14 Dec 201507 Jan 2016

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires most individuals to obtain minimum essential health coverage or pay a penalty, with some exceptions. The penalty increases each year. Phil Galewitz reports in Kaiser Health News the average household penalty will be $661 for 2015 and […]

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Life Insurance Stands as a Top Benefit

Justin Held, CEBS

10 Dec 2015

Life insurance has long been a popular employee benefit, providing a safety net to employees’ spouses and dependents should the unthinkable occur. How do your life insurance benefits compare with offerings from other organizations? The International Foundation’s Employee Benefits Survey 2014, the […]

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Innovative Benefit: Student Loan Repayment

Jenny Gartman, CEBS

08 Dec 201519 Jul 2016

When you think of student loan debt, you likely think of the financial stress on your youngest employees. While much focus has been on millennials, student loan debt impacts all generations and can have a long-term impact on retirement security. Some employers […]

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How I Used My FSA to Save $20,000 on Child Care

Staff

01 Dec 201501 Dec 2015

The first week of December—Time to deck the halls, shop for gifts, bake cookies . . . and, for many, time to make Flexible Spending Arrangement (FSA) elections for next year. You can almost hear employees across the country groaning as they […]

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4 Ways to Help Your Workers Meet Their Retirement Goals

Staff

19 Nov 201523 Nov 2015

To help your employees achieve a secure retirement, it’s necessary to look at the bigger picture of their entire financial well-being. While many employers have traditionally focused on retirement plan design and participant enrollment, progressive employers are going a step further. The […]

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Do You Have Covered Employees Collecting an ACA Subsidy?

Lois Gleason, CEBS

05 Nov 2015

Many employers offer affordable health coverage that meets or exceeds the minimum value requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). However, if one or more of their full-time employees claim they were not offered affordable, minimum value health coverage, the employees could […]

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Help Plan Members Celebrate Financial Literacy Month

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

03 Nov 2015

November is Financial Literacy Month in Canada, and the government, under the leadership of financial literacy leader Jane Rooney, has been working to make more information and resources available to consumers and workplaces. Below are highlights of resources available to help engage […]

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HIPAA Certification Final Rules Are Late to the Party

Lois Gleason, CEBS

29 Oct 201529 Oct 2015

Section 1104 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires health plans to certify compliance with HIPAA administrative simplification standards and operating rules for electronic transactions. On January 2, 2014 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a proposed rule giving plans […]

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7 Questions That Will Make You a Retirement Hero

Staff

28 Oct 201528 Oct 2015

Ensuring that American workers are financially set for retirement is a passion for those of us involved in the International Foundation Retirement Security Initiative. When a friend announces he or she is retiring, we quickly ask “But WAIT!!! How much do you have […]