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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On January 31, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) initially declared a federal public health emergency due to the coronavirus. The declaration has now been extended twice, including… Read more >
Anne Newhouse, CEBS
September 14, 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Health Care, U.S.COBRA, COVID-19
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The International Foundation recently surveyed employers and plan sponsors about benefit communication for an upcoming report (watch for it soon—called Trends in Benefit Open Enrollment and Communication), and tons of… Read more >
Anne Patterson
September 9, 2020
Communication, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Health Care, Human Resources (HR), Talking Benefits Podcast, U.S.coronavirus and the workplace, COVID-19, open enrollment
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College move-in is more challenging this year than ever before. Health concerns have risen to the top of the list of worries for parents taking kids to campus this fall… Read more >
Ann Godsell, CEBS
September 3, 2020
Employee Benefits, Health Care, Human Resources (HR), U.S.EAP, telemedicine
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The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, better known as COBRA, became law on April 7, 1986. The law provides for continuation of health coverage from an employer-sponsored group… Read more >
Anne Newhouse, CEBS
August 25, 2020
Employee Benefits, Health Care, U.S.COBRA, flexible spending accounts, FSA, health reimbursement arrangement, health savings account, HRA, HSA
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Maintaining access to health insurance is a huge priority for both employers and employees right now. With some employers having to make hard decisions about layoffs, furloughs and terminations, one… Read more >
Anne Newhouse, CEBS
August 4, 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Health Care, U.S.COBRA, COVID-19, DOL, Medicare, Medicare Eligibility
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With the pandemic limiting Canadians’ ability to access much-needed healthcare services, many organizations are looking for alternatives. The Impact of COVID-19 on Pensions and Benefits in Canada survey, conducted in… Read more >
Alyssa Hodder
July 23, 2020
Canada, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Health Carecoronavirus and the workplace, COVID-19, telehealth, telemedicine, virtual care
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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 >
Amanda Wilke, CEBS
July 8, 2020
Employee Benefits, Health CareBostock v. Clayton County, LGBTQ, SCOTUS, Section 1557, workplace discrimination
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A flexible spending account (FSA) is an individual account that can reimburse an employee for qualified medical expenses and work-related dependent care expenses. Is offering an FSA plan worthwhile? Let’s… Read more >
Ann Godsell, CEBS
June 25, 2020
Employee Benefits, Health Careflexible spending accounts, FSA
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