Events and Life Stages to Notify Your Personal Insurance Agent/Broker
When it comes to your personal insurance policy, accuracy is everything.
Ensuring that your policy information is both …
Death by Two Tweets… The GOP and ACA
Late Monday night both Republican Senators Mike Lee of Utah and Jerry Moran of Kansas tweeted that they …
California Employers Need to Prepare for Higher SDI Benefits
California employers need to start preparing to deal with increased State Disability Insurance (SDI) benefits in 2018. Return-to-work …
Senate Leadership Unveils Revised Health Bill
Senate Republicans have released a revised version of their healthcare bill. Overall, it is similar to the earlier …
Uncertainty Continues to Plague Individual Health Insurance Market
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a map of 2018 projected Health Insurance Exchanges …
Republican Senators Release Health Care Proposal
Senate Republicans have released their version of a health care reform repeal and replace bill, which they call …
Will California Really Enact a Single-Payer Plan?
The California State Senate has passed S.B. 562, the Healthy California Act, which would create a single-payer plan …
Supreme Court Expands Definition of Church Plans
The United States Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that employee benefit plans established by church-affiliated organizations are church …
Mega-Mergers Blocked—What’s Next?
Federal judges have blocked the proposed mega-mergers of CIGNA with Anthem and Humana with Aetna. Rumors are now …
Conflicting Reports on ACA Repeal Bill
There are conflicting reports coming out of Washington, D.C. regarding whether the parliamentarian of the United States Senate …
Wisconsin Employer Resolves EEOC Case Involving Wellness
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that it has resolved its suit against Orion Energy …
State and Local Law Update
One of the most difficult things for human resource and absence management professionals to do is to keep …
