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Delayed, Not Dead: ACA Cadillac Tax

Julie Stich, CEBS

14 Mar 201614 Mar 2016

This past December, Congress voted to delay by two years the Affordable Care Act (ACA) excise tax on high-cost health plans (known as the Cadillac tax). Plan sponsors breathed a sigh of relief. Does this mean the Cadillac tax is dead? No. […]

Canada Employee Benefits Retirement

Extra Year for ORPP Preparation

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

10 Mar 2016

The largest employers in Ontario have an extra year to prepare for the implementation of the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP), but questions remain about whether the provincial plan will give way to an enhanced Canada Pension Plan (CPP). Background Enhancing the […]

Employee Benefits Financial Education Financial Wellness

Worth It Out This National Employee Benefits Day

Staff

08 Mar 2016

How financially fit are your employees? Well, according to a soon-to-be-released International Foundation survey, only 13% of you said your workforce was very or extremely financially savvy. This National Employee Benefits Day, April 4, it’s time to step up your participants’ fiscal fitness. […]

Education Employee Benefits

Making the Grade With Educational Assistance Programs

Justin Held, CEBS

03 Mar 201603 Mar 2016

The International Foundation’s recent Educational Assistance Benefits: 2015 Survey Results evaluated the most prevalent types of assistance/tuition reimbursement programs, characteristics of offerings, program requirements and limitations, and strategies and implications. The responses provided a number of key takeaways pertaining to educational assistance offerings. As […]

Communication Employee Benefits Health Care

Three Reasons You Should Consider One-On-One Benefits Communication

Staff

29 Feb 2016

In a new International Foundation Benefits Communication survey, only 19% of employers reported their employees have a high level understanding of their benefits. When asked why this is, employers overwhelmingly said their employees do not read the information they provide or they […]

Communication Employee Benefits

Benefits Communication Growing in Importance and Difficulty

Neil Mrkvicka

25 Feb 201625 Feb 2016

Half of all organizations responding to the Benefits Communication Survey say the number of participant questions they receive regarding benefits has increased in the past two years. Adding to the frustration, organizations identify their top challenge with benefits communication as participants not […]

Employee Benefits Wellness

Seven Ways to Combat Sitting at Work

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

22 Feb 201603 Jan 2018

Most adults spend too much time sitting, shortening their life span and increasing their risk for cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes. But today’s lifestyle is not conducive to being physically active. People may have a long commute, a desk job or a nightly TV-watching […]

Employee Benefits Financial Wellness Retirement

Cupid Aims for Retirement Security

Anne Patterson

12 Feb 201612 Feb 2016

This Valentine’s Day, light some candles, crank that Barry White and . . . discuss retirement security? Though it might not seem like the most romantic topic, getting your partner involved with retirement planning will help secure a financially happy future, for […]

Employee Benefits Health Care HIPAA Regulatory

HIPAA Phase 2 Audits Include Business Associates

Jenny Gartman, CEBS

10 Feb 201605 Apr 2016

The short turnaround time to answer a HIPAA audit request puts pressure on you to be ready at any time. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act requires the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to perform […]

Employee Benefits ERISA Health Care Insurance Regulatory

SCOTUS Decision Means It’s Time to Review Benefit Plan Subrogation and Reimbursement Practices

Kelli Kolsrud, CEBS

04 Feb 2016

A recent decision from the U.S. Supreme Court may make it harder for ERISA health care benefit plans to recover benefits paid when a plan participant receives a settlement from a third party. As a result, plan sponsors and administrators may wish […]