Employers, Stop Oversimplifying Your Employees’ Body Mass Index
Conference season is exciting when you hear a solid debate, learn more about a topic you care about or...
Tag: benefits
IRS Proposes Major Revisions to Form W-4 for 2020
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released a draft Form W-4 for use in tax year 2020, which includes significant...
The Small Business 401(k): Everything You Need to Know
The U.S. economy is the strongest it’s been in decades, but American small business employees are facing a dilemma...
Q&A: How to Help Laid-Off Employees and Your Organization
When employees leave amicably, offering them a benefit to help them find a new job could have a great...
How Unbundling Pharmacy Program Set Fort Collins Up for Bigger Benefit Wins
To bundle healthcare benefits or to unbundle? That was an issue that the city of Fort Collins had not...
PBGC to Require More Detail in Reportable Events Filings, Introduce New Coverage Determination Form
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) will be changing its reportable events filings to include controlled-group information, company financial...
Proposed Law Wants to Convert ‘Anti-Vaxxer’ Into a Protected Class
With a couple of important exceptions, an employer can require that employees be up to date on their vaccinations....
How to Know When Your Defined Benefit Plan Is Ready to Prepare for Termination
Employer-sponsored private-sector defined benefit (DB) plans have been on the decline for many years as U.S. employers have shifted...
Ep 15 – Why You Need to Think About Financial Wellness Now
Welcome to the new Workology Go Podcast. In just under five minutes, we get you the HR and workplace...
The Business Benefit of Employee Assistance Programs
Employee assistance programs were originally created to address alcoholism and drug use in the workplace. These programs have since...
Plan Self-Correction Opportunities Improved in New IRS EPCRS Procedure
Practitioners and plan administrators are celebrating the arrival of several helpful revisions in a newly updated Internal Revenue Service...
FMLA Leave: Designate Early and Often
In Hannah P. v. Coats, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence allowed an analyst to take four...
Some 2020 Election Views: Jan Berger on Single-Payer Health Care
Not surprisingly the future of the United States heath care system is already a huge topic of debate for...
Positive Returns on Financial Wellness Rely on Employee Behavioral Change
Managing a multigenerational workforce is no easy feat for today’s Human Resources (HR) departments. While Boomers set sail into...
Increase Employee HSA Engagement by Using a Lighthearted Touch
Today, more employers than ever offer their employees a consumer-driven health plan with a health savings account (HSA) as...
We Could All Learn a Lot From ‘HIPAA 101’
The Edelman Trust Barometer for 2019 revealed some interesting points about trust in health care. Lynn Hanessian, chief strategist...
Experts Double Down on Behavioral Health at Annual Conference
At a recent conference I attended, a speaker asked everyone in the room to raise their hands if they...
For the Record, Meticulous Retention of Plan Documents Is Crucial
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) requires that every employer maintain sufficient records for each employee to be...
Paid Leave for Caregivers Being Used to Attract Millennials
As the demand for family friendly benefits grows, employers are responding by offering paid leave to new parents. While...
Is Your Benefits Program Still Beneficial?
Annual Checkup When was the last time you had a checkup? I’m not talking about your annual physical (although,...
