The average premium hike for employer-sponsored health plans next year is expected to be the highest since 2011. But there’s some good news: prescription drug coverage cost increases may finally be slowing. Here’s a look at the cost trends and steps employers are taking to rein in costs.
For 2018, Expect Steeper Health Plan Premium Increases
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Was Your Employee Benefit Plan Selected for an Audit? Don’t Panic!
Janet L. Heins|Benefits Compliance, Critical Evaluation, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
Many HR professional dread having their retirement or health plans examined by the IRS or the Department of Labor,...
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Telehealth Continues Rapid Growth but Regulatory Barriers Persist
Janet L. Heins|Health Care Costs, News, Relationship Management, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
Telemedicine is transforming health care, allowing providers to deliver services when and where patients need them, thereby improving outcomes...
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Unlawful to threaten employees with plant closure to spur union decertification
Janet L. Heins|Blog, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
By Ronald Miller, J.D. The NLRB did not err in determining that an employer acted unlawfully by threatening plant...
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SHRM: Exempt Overtime Threshold Should Be Nearly $32,000
Janet L. Heins|Influencing Government Policy, News, Overtime Eligibility and Exemptions, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) supports a moderate increase in the minimum salary threshold above which workers...
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Termination for Dishonesty Did Not Violate FMLA
Janet L. Heins|Communication, Family and Medical Leave, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
An employer that terminated a worker for dishonesty did not violate the Family and Medical Leave Act’s (FMLA’s) prohibitions...
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Pennsylvania to Update Overtime Salary Threshold and Duties Tests
Janet L. Heins|California, News, Overtime Eligibility and Exemptions, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
Pennsylvania’s governor has directed the state labor department to develop a plan to clarify overtime regulations and increase the...
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Rising Diabetes Rates Are Costly for Employers
Janet L. Heins|Disease Management, News, Relationship Management, Wellness Benefits, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
Type 2 diabetes, characterized by high blood sugar and insulin resistance, is increasing among U.S. adults, and that translates...
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Two-Year Delay for Cadillac Tax Included in Stopgap Funding Bill
Janet L. Heins|Health Care Reform, Influencing Government Policy, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
Republican leaders in Congress included in the latest stopgap government funding bill a provision to delay the Cadillac tax...
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