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 >
January 19, 2021 Canada, Communication, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Insurance 0 Read more >
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 >
January 12, 2021 Employee Benefits, Health Care, Multiemployer, U.S. 0 Read more >
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 >
December 15, 2020 Employee Benefits, Health Care, Mental Health, U.S. 0 Read more >
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 >
November 19, 2020 Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Benefits, Health Care, Legislative, U.S. 0 Read more >
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 >
November 12, 2020 Employee Benefits, Health Care, Human Resources (HR), U.S. 0 Read more >
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 >
November 5, 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Health Care, U.S. 0 Read more >
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 >
October 15, 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Health Care, Human Resources (HR), Paid Leave, U.S. 0 Read more >
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 >
October 13, 2020 Communication, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Human Resources (HR), U.S. 0 Read more >
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 >
October 1, 2020 Communication, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Health Care, U.S. 0 Read more >
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 >
September 22, 2020 Communication, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Health Care, Human Resources (HR), U.S. 0 Read more >