As we experience an unprecedented time of change and uncertainty, many are processing and evaluating the current and future impacts of COVID-19 on their businesses and cash flows. For business…
Better Benefits
Top performing organizations understand the crucial role that benefit offerings can have in attracting and retaining high caliber talent. With a labor pool comprised of five distinct generations each with a very different approach to employment and employee benefits, our job is to help your organization align your benefits programs with your talent strategy to help you win the battle for great talent.
We are all in this together, uniformly, collaboratively fighting a common enemy. In this short interview, I will briefly review what has happened so far, what will happen moving forward…
Better Benefits, Compliance Confidence
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COVID-19 Employer Advisory Session: CARES ACT Top Ten: Your FAQs Answered
As the workforce responds to the evolving coronavirus pandemic, organizations must understand and plan for the impact by adopting policies and programs to mitigate repercussions while proactively managing their workforce…
4.01.2020
Better Benefits, News
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Application Materials for SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program Are Now Available
The Small Business Administration (SBA) application materials for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) are now active and available on the SBA website.
3.31.2020
In support of the Paid Sick Leave and Paid Extended Family and Medical Leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA or Act), there are two new payroll tax…
*updated 3/31/20 The CARES Act, signed into law on Friday, March 27th, 2020, included changes providing flexibility for both businesses and employees in the form of retirement hardship distribution accessibility…
Better Benefits
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COVID-19 Employer Advisory Session: How Employers Can Make the Most of a $2 Trillion-Dollar Economic Lifeline
As the workforce responds to the evolving coronavirus pandemic, organizations must understand and plan for the impact by adopting policies and programs to mitigate repercussions while proactively managing their workforce…
3.31.2020
Better Benefits, Compliance Confidence
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Carriers Relax Requirements & Open COVID-19 Special Enrollment Periods
On March 21, 2020, The Wall Street Journal reported that, in response to the coronavirus, the Trump administration is considering opening a special enrollment period on healthcare.gov, and now some…
Multiple choice question… Jill and her husband Jack are both working from home and, in between conference calls and emails, trying to monitor their two kids’ remote schooling and take…
3.26.2020
Better Benefits, Lower Costs
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Carve Out Immediate Benefits Plan Savings During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The recent market reaction and sudden business disruption brought from the coronavirus has heightened concerns about managing newly remote workforces and staying in compliance with new and immerging federal regulations.…
3.26.2020
Better Benefits, Lower Costs
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Three Mid-Year Employee Benefits Cost Savings Strategies to Help Employers Control Cost
Employee benefits costs can account for up to 30% of overall labor costs, and the global management of benefits costs is an ongoing affair to employers. The recent market reaction…
3.26.2020