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For years, BLR® has surveyed HR and benefits professionals to find trends in benefits. We appreciate your participation in our monthly series of brief, targeted benefits surveys. Today’s survey topic: 401(k) Plans. (We’ll publish the results in a future issue.) Please participate in this brief survey and we’ll determine just how employers are handling their […]
A bill that would extend premium subsidies for health coverage under the Health Care Tax Credit (HCTC) program has been passed by both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, meaning it’s on the way to President Obama’s desk. The HCTC was enacted as part of the Trade Act of 2002. As originally enacted, it […]
Health reform’s uniform summary of benefits and coverage (SBC) will cost insurers and third party administrators (TPAs) about $160 million over the next three years to develop, update, and provide the SBC and glossary to applicants and enrollees, its agency drafters estimate. That includes $25 million in 2011 , $73 million in 2012 and $58 million in […]
Last week I caught wind that some protesters were causing a street closure at the corner of 16th and I Streets, N.W., in Washington, D.C., a block from the White House and, as luck would have it, a block — in the other direction — from the editorial offices of Thompson Publishing Group. I grabbed […]
I-deals are idiosyncratic “deals” that managers make with individual employees. They’re hard to stop, but it’s worth trying, says Greene, who is CEO of Reward $ystems Inc., in Glenview IL. Greene’s remarks came at the recent 2011 World at Work Conference in San Diego. Idiosyncratic “Deals” With Individuals/Groups Competitive talent markets increase the pressure to […]
Federal courts on numerous occasions in the last two years have dismissed plan participant allegations that their employers charged excessive retirement plan fees. The rulings taken together say: If a plan is not enriching itself at participants’ expense — or operating with a conflict of interest in relation to its investment company — then it’s […]
In yesterday’s Advisor, consultantsMyrna Hellerman CCP and Jim Kochanski discussed how Big Bang companies broke out of sameness; today, their take on carve-outs and promotions, plus an introduction to a unique 10-minutes-at-a-time training system for your managers and supervisors. Hellerman and Kochanski, who are Sr. Vice Presidents at Sibson Consulting, offered their tips at WorldatWork’s […]
And to make matters worse, compensation policy-making and enforcing has gotten harder, says Greene, CEO of Reward $ystems Inc., in Glenview IL. Greene’s remarks came at the recent 2011 World at Work Conference in San Diego. Why is policy making tougher today? People are more mobile, and they’re onsite and offsite Critical skill shortages exist […]
For at least 10 years, the practice of managing compensation has been caught in a black hole pulling organizations towards “sameness,” say experts Myrna Hellerman CCP and Jim Kochanski. In today’s Advisor, they discuss how some Big Bang companies broke out of sameness to do what was right for the business. The Forces of ‘Sameness’ […]
Lesson #1: Honesty is the best policy Oswald told the story about getting in trouble in school and having to bring a note home for his mother to sign. He found the girl in his class with the best penmanship, and had her sign the note. The next morning, he couldn’t bring himself to go […]