Even as employers work diligently on their 2004 planning and budgets, new rules, regulations, and proposed legislation relating to benefits are about to make an already tough task more difficult. Here are highlights of just a few issues you should watch.
As health care benefit costs continue to soar, employers should use the current
open-enrollment season to look for ways to lower administrative costs while
also educating employees on how to be better health care consumers, according
to an HR consulting firm.
Whether you’re wondering how to select the best employee assistance program for your organization, questioning if you should switch vendors, or hoping to get the most from your existing program, here are some important issues to consider.
Increasingly, employers are offering "voluntary" benefits, in which
employees pay the entire cost. It lets the employer expand the array of available
benefits to include such things as accidental death insurance, supplemental
life insurance and even pet insurance.
Offered as a voluntary benefit, pet insurance can be a creative way for employers
to enhance their benefits package without affecting their bottom line.
A new government study tries to answer the question: What will retirement look like for members of Generation X, compared with Baby Boomers and current retirees? Meanwhile, the Association of BellTel Retirees is patting itself on
the back for helping to scotch Verizon Communications’ so-called "golden parachute" practices.
Stephanie Denton teaches organization to the unorganized, and your company may regard her services as a benefit that brings dividends to the entire workplace.
As this court case shows, it's vital to have good communication practices and procedures in place,
particularly when introducing compensation and benefit plan changes.
For most of us, talking about death in general is hard enough. But planning our own funerals? No thanks. Yet one benefits provider thinks a funeral plan is something most employees would appreciate.
