Canadian employers know that their employees value benefit plans. Employer-sponsored plans often provide additional benefit coverage to employees beyond the basic medical treatment covered under the universal health care system…. Read more >
Amanda Wilke, CEBS
January 19, 2021
Canada, Communication, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Insurancecanada, employee benefits, Health Care, health insurance
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The median cost of benefits for multiemployer health plans increased 47% over the ten-year period from 2008 to 2017, reaching $11,201 per participant per year (PPPY), according to a new… Read more >
Justin Held, CEBS
January 12, 2021
Employee Benefits, Health Care, Multiemployer, U.S.multiemployer health plans
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As we wait to close the rocky chapter that is 2020, a new report from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, Employee Benefits Survey: 2020 Results, examines the big… Read more >
Anne Patterson
December 15, 2020
Employee Benefits, Health Care, Mental Health, U.S.domestic partner benefits, employee benefit trends, Juneteenth, mental health in the workplace, telemedicine, working from home
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On November 10, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case California v. Texas. Because this is a major case impacting benefits, we wanted to give you… Read more >
Julie Stich, CEBS
November 19, 2020
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Benefits, Health Care, Legislative, U.S.ACA, California v. Texas, individual mandate, minimum coverage provision, SCOTUS
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As fall begins, the International Foundation Information Center typically sees an uptick in requests about year-end or new year planning for calendar year plans. Flexible spending account (FSA) participants need… Read more >
Jenny Lucey, CEBS
November 12, 2020
Employee Benefits, Health Care, Human Resources (HR), U.S.flexible spending accounts, FSA, orthodontia
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The changes to the health care system brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic are creating a new set of risks and opportunities for health care purchasers and plan sponsors, some… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
November 5, 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Health Care, U.S.coronavirus and the workplace, COVID-19, mental health coverage, telehealth, virtual care
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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… Read more >
Anne Newhouse, CEBS
October 15, 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Health Care, Human Resources (HR), Paid Leave, U.S.coronavirus and the workplace, Families First Coronavirus Response Act, FFCRA
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Every year around this time, the pressure is on! Employees are asked to make important health care coverage selections during open enrollment, and these decisions are a big deal. Employees,… Read more >
Anne Patterson
October 13, 2020
Communication, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Human Resources (HR), U.S.open enrollment, virtual open enrollment
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This year’s annual benefits enrollment process presents new challenges for benefits professionals as they find themselves in the middle of a pandemic with workers nervous about their financial security as… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
October 1, 2020
Communication, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Health Care, U.S.benefits communication, coronavirus and the workplace, COVID-19, open enrollment, virtual open enrollment
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As if open enrollment wasn’t already challenging, 2020 is throwing employers and employees for a loop. The latest International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans survey report, Trends in Benefit Open… Read more >
Anne Patterson
September 22, 2020
Communication, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Health Care, Human Resources (HR), U.S.benefits communication, coronavirus and the workplace, COVID-19, open enrollment, virtual open enrollment
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