by Muzaffar | Apr 2, 2019 | Human Resources, News and Updates
Millennials are on pace to make up 75 percent of the labor force by 2025, and as employers search for new benefits that will appeal directly to the largest working generation, more and more of them are turning to student loan repayment plans (SLRPs).According to the...
by Muzaffar | Apr 1, 2019 | Group Health Benefits, Human Resource Regulations, News and Updates
Federal regulators are seeking ways to help keep grandfathered health plans in business, even though some benefit advisors believe it's past time that they be retired.In a Feb. 25 issue of the Federal Register, the Department of Labor, Department of Health...
by Muzaffar | Apr 1, 2019 | Group Health Benefits, Human Resource Regulations, News and Updates
A November 2018 ruling by a federal district court in Ohio demonstrated just how costly it can be when employers fail to understand the continuation coverage rules that exist under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, and how that law interacts...
by Muzaffar | Apr 1, 2019 | Human Resource Regulations, News and Updates
On March 7, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a proposed rule that would extend overtime pay eligibility to over one million American workers. However, critics immediately took issue with the rule for not expanding overtime pay to the 4 million workers that...
by Muzaffar | Mar 11, 2019 | Group Health Benefits, Human Resource Regulations, News and Updates
Late last year, the government released a proposed rule to expand the use of health reimbursement arrangements – the employer-funded, tax-advantaged accounts that employees can currently only use to reimburse the cost of out-of-pocket medical...
