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Employee Benefits Jobs
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Webcasts and Conferences
401(k) Plan Basic Operation
in California
on February 7, 2012
presented by Actuarial Consultants, Inc.
401(k) Plan Basic Operation
in California
on February 15, 2012
presented by Actuarial Consultants, Inc.
401(k) Rekon Advisor Symposium- Tampa
in Florida
on February 8, 2012
presented by 401(k) Rekon
Annual Plan Administration
in California
on February 7, 2012
presented by Actuarial Consultants, Inc.
Annual Plan Administration
in California
on February 15, 2012
presented by Actuarial Consultants, Inc.
Form W-2 and Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage: New Guidance Addresses Important Compliance Aspects
Nationwide
on February 2, 2012
presented by Thomson Reuters / EBIA
Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program and Abandoned Plan Workshop
in Kentucky
on January 27, 2012
presented by U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program and Abandoned Plan Workshop
in Michigan
on March 20, 2012
presented by U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program and Abandoned Plan Workshop
in Kentucky
on April 23, 2012
presented by U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
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[Guidance Overview]
Health FSA Dollar Limit for 2013 Impacts Some Fiscal Year Plans Now
"The Affordable Care Act limits salary deferrals that may be made under a health flexible spending account (FSA) to $2,500 in 'taxable years' beginning on or after January 1, 2013. However Section 125 cafeteria plans that include health FSAs subject to the dollar limit, and that follow a fiscal rather than calendar plan year, need to take steps now to apply the dollar limit over their 2012–2013 plan year."
(E is for ERISA)
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[Guidance Overview]
W-2 Reporting of Health Coverage Cost
"The temporary exemption for employers that filed fewer than 250 W-2s for the preceding calendar year is still in place, until further notice."
(Perkins Coie LLP)
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Healthcare & Wellness Market Survey (PDF)
"In recent years, employers have increasingly introduced wellness programs to address rising health insurance costs. Numerous studies have shown a direct link between avoidable, preventable risks such as obesity, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart disease and smoking and higher health care costs and lost days. The concept of wellness, however, is very broad and relatively new to employers."
(William Gallagher Associates)
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A Pennsylvania Health System Says It Won't Hire Smokers
"The shift toward policies that ban smokers, not just smoking, has been growing in Pennsylvania and the 20 other states that allow it. Beginning in the 1980s with big companies such as Turner Broadcasting and Alaska Airlines, no-nicotine hiring practices have been embraced by police and fire departments, medical centers, even an Ohio casino."
(Philadelphia Media Network Inc.)
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New York City's New Ad Campaign Attacks Big Food Portions
"About 57% of adult New Yorkers and two out of every five elementary school children remain overweight, while nearly 10% of New Yorkers have been diagnosed with type 2 Diabetes, according to the agency."
(Crain Communications, Inc.)
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