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Initial Healthcare Premiums Projected to Rise Nearly 12%
Initial HMO premium rates will increase by about 11.8 percent in 2010, about the same as last year, according to research by Hewitt Associates, a consulting firm. The actual rate increase will drop after plan changes, negotiations, and terminations.
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Firm Sets Aside 71% of Revenue for Employee Compensation
Morgan Stanley set aside 71 percent of its revenue from the first 6 months of the year for employees' salaries, benefits, and bonuses, compared with 49 percent at Goldman Sachs and 38 percent at JPMorgan, according to a report.
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Last Week's Poll
See how many employers said their organization would become unionized if the Employee Free Choice Act passes without the card-check provision.
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FMLA Certification Audio Conference - August 3
Learn Your Rights and Obligations Following the FMLA Changes
The sweeping changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which took effect this past January, contain several provisions related to requests for medical certifications. Join us on August 3 for an in-depth, 90-minute audio conference all about the potential legal pitfalls – and how to avoid them.
You and your colleagues will learn:
- When and how to use the DOL’s new medical certification forms
- When you can and cannot contact a healthcare provider about a worker’s medical condition
- The questions you may ask a medical provider, and the legal line you must never cross when requesting medical information
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Employers Maintain Workplace Flexibility During Recession
A vast majority of employers are either maintaining the workplace flexibility options they offer (81%) or increasing them (13%), according to a report by the Families and Work Institute. Only 6 percent said they have reduced such options.
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1-in-10 Employers Affected by New Minimum Wage
Twelve percent of employers say that they have to pay higher wages as a result of the new federal minimum wage, according to an online poll by Compensation.BLR.com and HR.BLR.com.
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Top 10 Compensation Stories
The following 10 articles are the most popular among Compensation.BLR.com readers in the past 90 days.
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New HIPAA Breach Notification Rule: Know Your Responsibilities |
As part of the Recovery Act, President Obama signed into law the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), which significantly changes HIPAA as it will require notification of certain breaches to unsecured protected health information (PHI). The expected effective date for compliance is September 17, 2009.
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Compensation Q&A
Questions from our Ask the Experts archives
If a male (father) is requesting FMLA parental leave for the birth of a child, can you ask for medical certification from the husband of the wife or do you just have to take his word for it?
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HR Challenge®: Unions
In July, Democrats reportedly agreed to drop the controversial card-check provision from the Employee Free Choice Act. What would the card-check provision have done?
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Compensation Hot Topic: 2-Weeks' Notice
An HR Forum member wants to know whether HR should continue to expect 2 weeks' notice from departing employees.
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Odd Jobs
Job Title: Brainer
National Average Salary: $11.55 per hour (June 2005 data)
Our stomachs are probably a little too weak for this job. The Department of Labor classifies the brainer among butchers and meat products.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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