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Health care cost increases to continue at double digit rates, according to survey Costs for the most popular types of health care coverage are projected to increase at double digit rates through the remainder of 2009 and into 2010, according

Senate Finance Committee Chair Releases Plan to Require All Americans to Have Health Insurance Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D Mont.) on November 12, 2008 released a plan to require all Americans to have health insurance, improve health care

Small businesses support health insurance exchange At a House Education and Labor Committee health reform hearing on June 23, 2009, John Arensmeyer, chief executive officer of the Small Business Majority, released a new survey of small business owners in 16

Benefits costs rose more quickly than salaries for the period June 2006 to September 2006, according to the most recent Employment Cost Index from the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Health care cost increases to continue at double digit rates, according to survey Costs for the most popular types of health care coverage are projected to increase at double digit rates through the remainder of 2009 and into 2010, according

When workers take sick days, the financial impact on the company is not always related only to the specific job the sick employee performs. The impact can often ripple throughout the company, especially if the employee is part of a team whose output is time sensitive.

Senate Finance Committee Chair Releases Plan to Require All Americans to Have Health Insurance Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D Mont.) on November 12, 2008 released a plan to require all Americans to have health insurance, improve health care

Small businesses support health insurance exchange At a House Education and Labor Committee health reform hearing on June 23, 2009, John Arensmeyer, chief executive officer of the Small Business Majority, released a new survey of small business owners in 16

Conversion coverage.— Group members must elect conversion coverage by giving notice to the insurer within 31 days after receiving notice of their conversion rig

On or before the time an employee is offered the opportunity to enroll in a group health plan, the plan must provide the employee with a description of the plan

As you know, since the 1960’s the number and complexity of laws relating to the area of employment have mushroomed.  Prior to 1960 the Fair Labor Standards Act and National Labor Relations Act and their administrative obligations were the major compliance issues for personnel departments.

If your company offers dependent coverage under its group health plan and dependents are covered under the plan at the time of a qualifying event, your company

Employers that administer health plans are required to recognize qualified medical child support orders (QMCSOs) issued by a court or through a state administra

Qualified long-term care insurance is treated, for tax purposes, like medical care.

There is a Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) compliance assistance program to help employers and health plans fulfill their obligations under hea

Conversion coverage.— A person electing to convert coverage to an individual policy must make written application and pay the first premium to the insurer withi

For failure to withhold or refusal to pay over withheld amounts, an employer may be held in contempt and may be held liable to the creditor for any amounts he h

Any contractual agreement arrived at through a collective bargaining process that contains provisions requiring the employer to pay for the continuation of exis

Leave requests.— Employees in permanent employment who take an absence for military training with the U.S.

An individual who wishes to receive continuing coverage must give notice of this to the small employer.