On a beautiful summer day, January seems like a long way off. When you’re talking about an employer’s duty to report health care coverage information using Forms 1094 and 1095 under… Read more >
Kelli Kolsrud, CEBS
August 5, 2015
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Benefits, Regulatorye-filing, Form 1094, Form 1095, Internal Revenue Code, IRS, minimum essential coverage, minimum value, section 6056, social security numbers, ssn
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As the economy improves, the construction industry and other apprenticeship trades are having a difficult time keeping up with the demand for skilled labor. An exodus of apprentices during the… Read more >
Bryan Zoran, CEBS
July 28, 2015
Apprenticeship Programs, Education, Employee Benefitsapprenticeship, construction, skilled trades, trades, training
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Multiemployer funds are closely monitoring and discussing in detail the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 (MPRA), but the majority of funds responding to our recent survey do not plan to take… Read more >
Neil Mrkvicka
July 23, 2015
Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, Pensions, Regulatory, RetirementCromnibus, MPRA, PBGC
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I have something in common with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). We both entered the employee benefits scene 25 years ago. On July 26, 1990, a few months after… Read more >
Kelli Kolsrud, CEBS
July 21, 2015
Employee Benefits, RegulatoryADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, EEOC, FMLA
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Mandatory paid sick time legislation is spreading quickly. Many states and municipalities have already legislated laws and ordinances. Employers need to keep their eyes on this trend. The International Foundation’s… Read more >
Lois Gleason, CEBS
July 16, 2015
Employee Benefits, Health Care, Paid Time Off (PTO)paid sick time, paid time off, sick time
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In mid-June, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) released their first round of guidance relating to the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act (MPRA) provisions on benefit… Read more >
Julie Stich, CEBS
July 13, 2015
Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, Pensions, RetirementIRS, MPRA, PBGC
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Now that the controversial Bill C-377 has received Royal Assent, how should benefit plan sponsors respond? The bill first must survive a potential change in majority rule following this fall’s federal… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
July 10, 2015
Canada, Employee Benefits, MultiemployerBill C 377, Income Tax Act, labour organization, labour trust, union
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The U.S. Supreme Court made a decision on June 26, 2015 that changed the course of same-sex marriages throughout the nation. States must now license same-sex marriages and cannot refuse to… Read more >
Anne Patterson
July 9, 2015
Employee Benefitsdomestic partner benefits, same-sex marriage
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You understand the importance of effective benefit communication, but getting it right can be a challenge. The complexity grows when communicating internationally. As the program director for the International Foundation’s Certificate… Read more >
Tiffany Ulbing, CEBS
July 8, 2015
Communication, Employee Benefits, Global Benefitsglobal business, international benefits
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You have a retirement plan—But do you have a plan for the worst? It seems that when it comes to retirement, most of us are in denial. You might be… Read more >
International Foundation Staff
June 30, 2015
Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Financial Wellness, Pensions, Retirementlongevity, medical costs, preretirement planning, retirement readiness, saving
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