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Webcasts and Conferences

Best Hiring Practices in Employee Owned Companies
Nationwide on March 8, 2012 presented by National Center for Employee Ownership

Business Literacy
Nationwide on April 3, 2012 presented by National Center for Employee Ownership

Communicating Equity Compensation
Nationwide on May 30, 2012 presented by National Center for Employee Ownership

Emerging Best Practices for Boards of ESOP Companies
Nationwide on March 15, 2012 presented by National Center for Employee Ownership

Equity Compensation Trends
Nationwide on March 28, 2012 presented by National Center for Employee Ownership

ESOPs as a Business Transition Tool
Nationwide on April 10, 2012 presented by National Center for Employee Ownership

Incentive Plans that Support Employee Ownership
Nationwide on March 6, 2012 presented by National Center for Employee Ownership

Running an Effective Board
Nationwide on May 2, 2012 presented by National Center for Employee Ownership

S Corporation ESOPs - Administrative Issues
Nationwide on March 20, 2012 presented by National Center for Employee Ownership

S Corporation ESOPs - Legal Issues
Nationwide on March 13, 2012 presented by National Center for Employee Ownership

S Corporation ESOPs - Valuation Issues
Nationwide on March 27, 2012 presented by National Center for Employee Ownership


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[Official Guidance]
Timeline for Implementation of Provisions of the Affordable Care Act by Year
The years 2010-2015 are covered. (Healthcare.gov)


Self-Funding and Alternative Models for Health Benefit Financing   [Advert.]

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As employers struggle with increasing health care costs, rising premiums and instability in the market, explore creative approaches to financing benefits that deliver new opportunities to drive real savings. February 7-9, Washington, DC


U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Defends Ability of Peers to Hear Challenge to Health Care Reform Law
"Federal law requires that judges disqualify themselves when they have a financial interest in a case, have given ad-vice or expressed an opinion 'concerning the merits of the particular case' or when their 'impartiality might reasonably be questioned.' For lower court judges, such a decision can be reviewed by a higher court, but the Supreme Court has no such review." (The New York Times; free registration required)

Inspiring Employee Healthy Lifestyles with Incentives
"Across the country, businesses are encouraging employee wellness by holding contests, health screenings, and providing other incentives to help employees get healthy — and to reduce company health care costs." (phillyBurbs.com)

2011 Saw Surge in HIPAA Compliance Issues
"According to a recent Ponemon research study, data breaches alone have risen by 32%. Ninety-two percent of all healthcare institutions report they've experienced one in the past two years, and each such incident costs an average of $2.2 mil.lion." (Forbes.com LLC)

Smokers, Forced to Pay More for Health Insurance, Can Get Help with Quitting
"While public funding falters, a growing number of companies offer smoking-cessation programs to their workers. Last year, two-thirds of companies with 200 or more workers offered such programs, while 31 percent of smaller companies did so . . . ." (The Washington Post; free registration required)


Nat'l Health Benefits Conf & Expo (HBCE) Jan.31-Feb.1, Clearwater Bch, FL   [Advert.]

Sponsored by Health Benefits Conference & Expo (HBCE)

Dr. Oz praises books from speakers - hear from IBM, Sprint, Intel, Yahoo!, L.L. Bean, First Energy Corp., governmental employers, universities, more. Low cost, high quality!
More info and complete program: www.HBCE.com Ph: 941-484-1430 info@HBCE.com


Can My Company Force Me to Take Health Insurance?
"Another reason the company requires you to take the health insurance is that if you do get sick, not being able to get care means you won't be able to work, you'll have high stress which makes the health situation worse, and even when you recover, you'll be buried under bills which will affect your performance level. They are looking out for their self interest as well as yours." (CBS Interactive Inc.)

[Opinion]
Early Retiree Reinsurance Program Flawed
"A Health Care reform law program providing $5 bil.lion in subsidies for sponsors of early retiree health plans may not have been a 'bailout,' but it was inequitable and maybe even deceptive." (Business Insurance)

[Opinion]
Empowering Patients as Key Decision Makers in the Face of Rising Health Care Costs
"For policymakers and the public, the basic question is not whether there should be rationing in health care: It already exists. Economics itself is an exercise in rationing among goods and services because limited resources cannot purchase unlimited goods. The crucial question is: Who should make the rationing decisions?" (The Cutting Edge News)

[Opinion]
'Essential Benefits' and Health Reform
"Even the most fiercely antiregulation states will not be free to approve extremely miserly policies, because they will have to be comparable to popular and fairly comprehensive 'benchmark' private plans. There are concerns that insurance company lobbyists . . . will find ways to shape requirements to favor their bottom lines rather than consumers." (The New York Times; free registration required)

Benefits in General; Executive Compensation

Voluntary Benefits Emerge As Bigger Player in Future Benefit Programs
"[The target page provides] a summary of key trends, along with charts and data to help employers plan their voluntary benefits strategy going forward." (Employee Benefit News)

Employee Ownership Update for January 2, 2012
NCEO Executive Director Loren Rodgers discusses Berkshire Hathaway's purchase of an employee-owned newspaper, stock options in India, a new ESPP reference, the NCEO's executive compensation survey, spreading the word on employee ownership, and NCEO board elections. (National Center for Employee Ownership)

Employee Benefit Plan Regs Face Pivotal New Year
"2012 will be action-packed on the regulatory front for employee benefit plans, but experts say the year is expected to include little, if any, benefit activity on the congressional front." (Business Insurance)

Six Workplace Perks That Can Do More Harm Than Good
"The problem with most perks is that they may be intended as rewards, but all they really do is create artificial distinctions based on arbitrary and often self-serving criteria. That's why dropping most perks ' either yours or those extended to certain others ' is a great way to eliminate real or perceived barriers between you and your employees." (Mansueto Ventures LLC)

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