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[Guidance Overview]
Employer's Delay Means Remedies Deemed Exhausted
"[A court] has overturned a lower court's ruling that a disability plan participant cannot sue for benefits because he did not exhaust all remedies under the plan."
(PLANSPONSOR.COM)
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Integrated Health and Disability Benefits Management
"While such programs may not result in reduced long-term-disability claims, companies may find their workers more often opting to engage in wellness programs as well as reporting improved experiences and turnaround on claim decisions."
(Human Resource Executive Online)
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More Employers Offer On-Site Medical Clinics
"Many of the health centers are full-service medical offices equipped with exam rooms, X-ray machines and pharmacies. Some provide on-site appointments with dentists, dermatologists, psychiatrists and other specialists who treat life-threatening illnesses."
(Los Angeles Times)
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Corporate Fitness Programs Survive Hard Times
"The number of companies with 20,000 or more employees that provided fitness centers, subsidies or discounts grew by 11 percent from a year earlier, according to a 2010 national survey . . . ."
(The Washington Post; free registration required)
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Many California Small Cities Pay Officials Hefty Health Benefits
"A Times analysis of perks and benefits received by elected city officials across California found major disparities when it comes to medical coverage. The data show that some of the most generous benefits go to part-time council members in some of California's smallest cities."
(Los Angeles Times)
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The Hidden Cost of Employee Confusion about Health Insurance
"Health literacy is defined by the U.S. government's Healthy People initiative as: 'The degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.'"
(Employee Benefits News; free registration required)
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Emerging Challenges and Opportunities in the New Health Care World
"[E]mployers are wondering what lies ahead. How can organizations manage soaring health care costs and comply with a dizzying array of new requirements while maintaining the value of employee benefits? Mercer research and client feedback have provided insights . . . ."
(Mercer LLC)
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Benefits in General; Executive Compensation
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[Guidance Overview]
IRS Revision of Code Section 162(m) Rules (PDF)
"[T]hese proposed regulations provide further evidence of the IRS taking tougher positions on section 162(m) issues and the dangers of relying on private letter rulings, particularly in this area [of equity compensation issues]."
(Groom Law Group)
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Local and State Leaders Say Workers Demanding Unsustainable Benefits; Union Rebuttal Not Turning the Tide
"If the stakes were not high enough already, union leaders in the public sector are attempting to raise them even higher. The current circumstances, they say, represent a challenge to their workers—and, indeed, to government programs in general. They also consider themselves to be on the front lines of a broader battle between corporations and the wealthiest Americans on one side, with union members and middle-class workers on the other."
(Governing)
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2011 Guide to Employee Benefits Based on the Alphabet
"Your role as a benefits professional has become more complex and involved. You will be able to prepare six months in advance for some benefit initiatives, while having to reverse course on proper actions taken for others. It is more important than ever to surround yourself with good resources and talent so you can maintain your workload and sanity."
(Employee Benefits News; free registration required)
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What Perk Would Keep You at Your Job?
"The Wall Street Journal reports that employee perks are up! Companies that have been treating their employees like [insert bad word of your choice] are, apparently, now realizing that their best employees just might be prone to leaving them if a better offer comes along."
(CBS Interactive)
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Employee Ownership Update for July 1, 2011
NCEO Executive Director Loren Rodgers discusses employee ownership companies among the Winning Workplace Award winners; the Supreme Court's CIGNA v. Amara decision; proposed regulations on the taxation of performance-based equity compensation; employee ownership and values; and the death of Robert Oakeshott. (The National Center for Employee Ownership
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