Stress-Reduction Training Gains Momentum as Part of Wellness Strategy
More than half of employees in a recent study reported high levels of stress. How are employers responding, given the impact on employees’ health, productivity, and morale?
Category: Benefits and Compensation
This topic provides guidance on how to handle compensation issues in a way that attracts and retains the best talent and advances the strategic goals of your business. You get news and tips on what’s going on nationally and in the states, and updates on changes in regulations, possible governmental action, and emerging compensation trends.
Cadillac Tax Will Hit Middle Class Hardest, Researchers Conclude
Two researchers from the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Public Health have concluded that the Cadillac Tax will hit middle-class families the hardest, according to new research published in the March 2016 issue of the International Journal of Health Services.
Same-Sex Marriage Is Established but Benefits Issues Persist
By Susan Schoenfeld, JD It’s been over 2 years since the U.S. Supreme Court effectively legalized same-sex marriage in the case of U.S. v. Windsor and a year since the Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, required states to issue marriage licenses for same-sex marriages and to recognize a same-sex marriage performed in another state. So, […]
How Health Plans Help Providers Convert to Quality & Value Models
Health care providers need help moving to value-based reimbursement and adopting accountable care models, and insurers and health plans often provide the best support, health plan executives told a recent conference. They discussed best practices for helping providers adopt value based pay and outcome-based reimbursement on April 11 at the World Health Care Congress in […]
Pay Transparency: What Kind of Information Should HR Be Communicating?
By Stephanie R. Thomas, Ph.D. Pay transparency is a commonly used phrase with a somewhat fluid definition. What does it really mean?
California’s Minimum Wage Could Reach $15
Most California employers will see the state’s minimum wage reach $15 an hour by 2022 if reports of a deal in the state legislature materialize as expected.
Why Should Employers Like Private Benefit Exchanges?
Yesterday’s Advisor explored a survey where it was shown that private benefit exchanges are preferred by employees. But what about their effect on the employer? Today we’ll find out.
How Much Do Employees Appreciate Their Benefits?
Have you heard of private benefit exchanges? While the concept is fairly new, the results are already showing. Today we’ll examine a survey by Liazon® that addresses the ups and downs of private benefit exchanges.
FMLA and ADA Interplay Quiz: Benefits Coverage for Employee on Unpaid Leave
Although the legal requirements of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) are similar in some regards, at times an employer may find that the requirements of one law contradict the other. In these cases, it is important to know which law takes precedence, or “trumps,” the other.
Financial, Productivity Challenges Face Workers Who Survive Cancer
As a group, cancer survivors (estimated to number 14.5 million in the United States in 2014) face greater economic burdens including medical expenditures and productivity losses. Survivors of cancer pay thousands of dollars in excess medical expenditures, and the extra costs vary by age and cancer site, according to a new American Cancer Society study.