Employee Benefits Jobs
Director of Data Conversion
for Diversified in NY
Loan & Withdrawal Specialist
for National TPA/Actuarial firm in ANY STATE
Compliance Testing and Reporting Specialist
for Prudential in IA
Actuarial Finance & Analysis Manager
for Prudential in CT
Director, Financial Reporting
for Prudential in CT
Manager, Financial Reporting
for Prudential in CT
Operational Accounting & Financial Controls Manager
for Prudential in CT
Accounting and Analysis Manager
for Prudential in CT
Accounting Specialist
for Prudential in CT
Plan Administrator for Retirement Plan & ERISA Specialists
for Dana Consulting Group, Ltd. in IL
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Webcasts and Conferences
Booting Up? On Compensable Work Time - Live Smartcast Webinar Nationwide on September 20, 2011 presented by FutureOffice Network
Choosing Service Providers for Health and Welfare Plans: Best Practices for Employers Webcast Nationwide on August 31, 2011 presented by ALI-ABA (American Law Institute-American Bar Association)
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The Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act Introduced in House and Senate
"This legislation would permit the reimbursement of medical expenses of non-spouse, non-dependent beneficiaries from health reimbursement arrangements . . . ." (Investment Company Institute)
More Organizations Offering Paid Time Off
"According to the report, 58% of responding companies have a PTO program. Of the 58%, most include vacation (96%), sick leave (92%), and personal days (86%). Forty-two percent include care for dependents." (PLANSPONSOR.COM)
Taxpayers Funding Benefits for Big-Company and Government Retirees
"Companies didn't have to demonstrate financial need to apply; they just had to have a health care program for early retirees and have to maintain those benefits until 2014." (news.cincinnati.com)
Reasonable Health Insurance Design Reform Trumps In Massachusetts
"The Bay State's new law will enable its cities and towns to save as much as $100 mil.lion a year by allowing localities to change the design of their employee and retiree health plans, mostly by setting co-payments and deductibles to match those offered in the plans that the Massachusetts state government provides to state workers and retirees." (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)
Mass. Cities and Towns, Public Employees Find Hard-Fought Compromise on Municipal Health Care Costs
"We asked Geoffrey Beckwith, executive director of the Massachusetts Municipal Association, and Paul Toner, president of Massachusetts Teachers Association, for their respective insights into these fiscal circumstances, why the compromise is acceptable and what lessons were learned." (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)
Smarter Health Care Spending Key, According to Harvard Study
"The overuse of expensive medical interventions is a prime culprit behind rising U.S. health care spending that's encouraged by private health plans and Medicare . . . ." (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)
GAO Report: Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plans: Program Features, Early Enrollment and Spending Trends, and Federal Oversight Activities
"Individuals applying for health insurance are often denied coverage due to a pre-existing condition. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act appropriated $5 bil.lion to create a temporary pool—known as the Pre- Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) program—to provide access to insurance for such individuals until new protections take effect in 2014." (U.S. Government Accountability Office)
Companies Reduce Expenses by Investing in Programs That Help Employees Get Fit and Eat Better
"With an investment of less than 1 percent of total health costs in wellness programs, [John Hancock Financial] has reduced medical expenses enough to keep annual premium increases, on average, about 3 percentage points below the national trend." (The Boston Globe)
New Rules Will Make It Easier for Consumers to Compare Health Policies—on Cost and Coverage—Before Signing Up
"The new rules, which carry out provisions of the health care reform law, would require insurers and employers, starting next year, to provide a brief summary in plain English listing such items as premiums, deductibles, services not covered, and the costs of using a provider in the network as compared with one outside the network." (The New York Times; free registration required)
Benefits in General; Executive Compensation
Five Things Employers Should Like About Restricted Stock
"These five attributes that make restricted stock compare favorably to other forms of equity-based compensation can really be summed up in one word: simplicity." (Verrill Dana, LLP)
Press Releases
Repealing PPACA Would Increase Medicare Beneficiaries' Prescription Drug Costs, Health Savings Needs (Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI))
Pre-Paid Legal Services Announces New Direction for the Company at 2011 Leadership Summit (Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.)
HealthPlan Holdings Appoints Michael Hudson as CFO (HealthPlan Holdings, Inc.)
Bloomberg Enters Agreement to Acquire BNA (Bloomberg)