Amanda Wilke, Information/Research Specialist
Favorite Foundation Service: Today’s Headlines – they are fun to work on and our members appreciate them!
Benefits Topics That Interest Her Most: Work/life balance, vacation plans, unique benefits
Personal Insight: In her role as a Foundation Info Specialist, Amanda keeps busy answering member questions in all areas of employee benefits. At home, she puts these same skills to work fielding the many questions of her two children. When she’s not on Q&A duty, Amanda enjoys travelling and watching sports.
When the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was enacted in March of 2020 allowing employers to make contributions of up to $5,250 toward their employees’ student loans… Read more >
August 18, 2021 Education, Employee Benefits, Employee Benefits Survey, Human Resources (HR), U.S. 0 Read more >
In December 2017, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which dropped the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate penalty to $0, effective January 1, 2019. A group of… Read more >
June 17, 2021 Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Benefits, Health Care, Legislative, U.S. 0 Read more >
Most employers are encouraging, rather than mandating, employees to get a COVID-19 vaccination. Organizations are taking a variety of actions to encourage vaccination. According to the Littler COVID-19 Vaccine Employer… Read more >
March 30, 2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Health Care, U.S. 2 Read more >
Here we go again: yet another new relief bill sends employers heads spinning. On March 11, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) was signed into law. Among… Read more >
March 29, 2021 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Coronavirus (COVID-19), Dependent Care, Employee Benefits, Paid Leave, Parental Leave, U.S., Wellness 0 Read more >
As they consider how to retransition back to an in-office environment, employers want to keep COVID-19 out of the workplace. In part one of our series on this subject, we… Read more >
February 3, 2021 Communication, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Human Resources (HR), U.S., Wellness 1 Read more >
Employers want to keep COVID-19 out of the workplace. As vaccines start to become available to employees, employers must plan their strategy for how to handle vaccinations. The Q&As below… Read more >
January 25, 2021 Communication, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Health Care, U.S. 0 Read more >
As employers have been forced to cut costs due to the pandemic, some have decided to offer early retirement packages in an effort to avoid laying off employees. Early retirement… Read more >
November 24, 2020 Canada, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Retirement, U.S. 0 Read more >
Employers’ minds are swirling with what to do following recent developments in changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) Section 1557 and the recent United States Supreme… Read more >
Update: CAA of 2021 extended these provisions through 2025. For the past few years, employers have been grappling with different ways to provide student loan assistance to employees. Before January… Read more >
June 8, 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits 3 Read more >
Canadian employers and employees are both struggling to keep up with all the changes due to the coronavirus pandemic. Theresa Tran, CEBS, a senior benefits consultant at Eckler Ltd., spoke… Read more >
April 28, 2020 Canada, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits 0 Read more >