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Encourage Inclusivity and Flexibility With Proactive Employee Benefits

Julie Stich, CEBS

17 Mar 202116 Mar 2021

The pandemic has brought new workforce situations requiring new solutions to the forefront of our daily lives. Innovative and proactive employee benefits can answer some of these current challenges. We’re all familiar with “core” benefits like health insurance, retirement plans, paid time […]

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Employee Benefits and COVID-19: Changing the Future of Benefits Today

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

17 Feb 202116 Feb 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to bring long-lasting changes to life in the United States, and those changes will be reflected in employee benefits. How COVID-19 could affect health, retirement and other benefits even after the pandemic is over is discussed in […]

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COVID-19: How Do We Navigate Work Through the Pandemic in 2021?

Anne Patterson

04 Feb 202102 Feb 2021

Welcome to our first Talking Benefits episode of 2021! My fellow “pod squad” members Justin Held, Julie Stich and I engaged in more COVID-19 chatter during the most recent podcast episode. In this discussion, we focused on four main areas. 1. Benefits […]

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4 Ways Employers Are Supporting Workers As the Pandemic Continues

Staff

26 Jan 202126 Jan 2021

As we enter 2021, employers have found it necessary to examine their benefit offerings in order to make decisions that best support their workforce while ensuring the long-term success of their organization. A report released today by the International Foundation finds that […]

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The Status of the FFCRA Specific to Paid Leave

Anne Newhouse

15 Oct 202015 Oct 2020

When the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) was initially released on March 18, 2020 and required employers with fewer than 500 employees to provide paid sick leave and expanded the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), most of us probably thought—and […]

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DOL Issues Additional Guidance on FFCRA

Staff

31 Mar 202003 Apr 2020

Last week, the DOL issued guidance for employers and employees on implementing the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). And it seems the DOL has been very busy, because the Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Questions and Answers continues to grow. Employers […]

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DOL Issues FFCRA Model Notices and Posting FAQs

Staff

26 Mar 202026 Mar 2020

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which was signed into law on March 18, 2020, expanded paid leave for all government employers and private-sector employers with fewer than 500 workers. The law included language that said employers must post a public notice informing […]

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DOL Issues Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA): Questions and Answers

Staff

25 Mar 202026 Mar 2020

In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, President Trump signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. On Tuesday, March 24, 2020 the Department of Labor (DOL) issued additional guidance to help employers and employees better understand […]

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Law Enacted to Enable Free Coronavirus Testing and Expand Paid Leave: Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Kelli Kolsrud, CEBS

19 Mar 202029 Mar 2020

In an effort to slow the progression of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States and mitigate its economic impact, on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). What’s in the Families First […]

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New Developments in Parental Leave

Jenny Gartman, CEBS

09 Jan 202008 Jan 2020

Paid parental leave has been a hot topic over the last several years as a growing number of employers have added or enhanced their parental leave benefits. The topic made headlines again last month when the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal […]