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BenefitsLink Health & Welfare Plans Newsletter
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Employees Underutilizing FSAs
"An upcoming $2,500 limit on the contribution amount for medical Flexible Spending Accounts likely won't impact many Americans, according to recent results from the 'Getting Paid In America' survey."
(PLANSPONSOR.COM)
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How Many Intermittent FMLA Leave Hours is an FLSA-Exempt Employee Entitled To?
"One of the (many) headaches of managing intermittent FMLA leave is keeping track of leave in increments smaller than one work week. For non-exempt employees, employers often calculate leave entitlement as 480 hours per FMLA year (i.e., 12 weeks x 40 hrs/wk). However, the FMLA regulations urge caution when making these calculations."
(Franczek Radelet P.C.)
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Four Insurers Will Supply Health Data to Academic Researchers
"Aetna, Humana, Kaiser Permanente and the UnitedHealth Group plan to supply information on more than five bil.lion medical claims, representing more than $1 tril.lion in spending, to a newly created nonprofit group, the Health Care Cost Institute."
(The New York Times; free registration required)
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Employers Increasingly Trimming or Cutting Disability Benefits
"Of employers that do offer disability coverage, just 37 percent paid the entire premium last year, down from 49 percent in 2002, according to Limra. At the same time, voluntary programs for which the employee pays the entire premium now make up half of all long-term-disability offerings, up from 41 percent in 2002."
(The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)
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Benefits in General; Executive Compensation
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[Guidance Overview]
IRS Resolves Tax Impact of Employer-Provided Cell Phones (PDF)
"[T]he IRS put the debate to bed recently by releasing two documents—on employer-provided cell phones and employer reimbursements for the business use of employees' personal cell phones—that provide favorable relief to employers and employees alike."
(Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP)
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Singing the Praises of QSERPs
"What does [the QSERP] do for the executive? Here are some of the benefits."
(Michael S. Melbinger via Winston & Strawn LLP)
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Press Releases
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