Wayne Kemp wrote a great old song for Johnny Cash called “One Piece at a Time.” In it, Johnny sings of slowly piecing together his very own Cadillac using parts… Read more >
Lois Gleason, CEBS
April 9, 2015
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Cadillac Tax, Employee Benefits, Health Care, RegulatoryCadillac tax, excise tax, IRS Notice 2015-16, Section 4890I
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The latest reporting requirements related to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) seem to be a dizzying jumble of numbers and letters. Here’s the who, what, when, why and how of… Read more >
Kelli Kolsrud, CEBS
March 26, 2015
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Benefits, Health Care, Multiemployer, RegulatoryALE, Form 1094, Form 1095, MEC
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Defined benefit pension plan administrators: You might need to change your annual funding notice. The Department of Labor published a final rule in the Federal Register on February 2, 2015… Read more >
Lois Gleason, CEBS
March 19, 2015
Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, DOL, Employee Benefits, ERISA, Multiemployer, Pensions, RegulatoryAFN, Annual Funding Notice, ERISA 101(f), HAFTA, MAP-21, MPRA, PBGC
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Two friends of mine, both men, have been in a loving and committed relationship for several years. But until they got in their car and drove across the border to… Read more >
Julie Stich, CEBS
March 12, 2015
DOL, Employee Benefits, FMLA, RegulatoryDOL, FMLA, same-sex spousal leave, Windsor decision
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Are your employees asking you for documentation of their employer-sponsored health coverage in 2014? Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) employers may voluntarily, but are not required to, provide this… Read more >
Lois Gleason, CEBS
March 3, 2015
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Benefits, Health Care, RegulatoryACA, employee, health coverage, IRS, tax form, taxes
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Enhancing the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) is expected to be an issue in October’s federal election, but in the meantime Ontario is moving forward with an effort to create its… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
February 19, 2015
Canada, Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Regulatory, Retirementcanada, ontario, orpp, pension, retirement
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As a new employee at the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, one of the first things I noticed was a big, beautiful yard in front of my new building… Read more >
Anne Patterson
February 17, 2015
Education, Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Health Care, Human Resources (HR), Mental Health, Vacation, Wellnesscommunity service, EAP, health risk assessment, HRA, mental health, stress management, wellness, workplace
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It’s February 2 . . . Groundhog Day. Every year I celebrate by watching the 1993 classic film with Bill Murray, sharing the main character Phil’s frustration as he finds himself… Read more >
Anne Patterson
February 2, 2015
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Benefits, Health Care, RegulatoryACA, Affordable Care Act, individual mandate, repeal
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According to Workplace Wellness Trends: 2015 Survey Results, a new survey that will be released by the International Foundation in the coming weeks, more than half (55%) of all organizations… Read more >
Bryan Zoran, CEBS
January 29, 2015
Canada, Disease Management, Employee Benefits, Financial Wellness, Health Care, Human Resources (HR), Mental Health, Wellnessabsenteeism, engagement, HRA, mental health, wellness, workplace
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Most people with health insurance pay little attention to the cost of a medical procedure they need or perhaps want—unless they’re going to have to pick up part of the… Read more >
Chris Vogel, CEBS
January 27, 2015
Employee Benefits, Health Carecost sharing, deductible, HDHP, Health Care, health insurance, high deductible health plan
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