Social Security Changes In 2024

    The saying “new year, new you” doesn’t always apply to a well-intentioned New Year’s resolution maker. January 1 is also the date that many new laws and regulations passed the previous year go into effect. For 2024, the first day of the year brought about a slew of new changes to Social Security, many of which will have a direct … Read More

More Part-Time Employees Will Soon Have Access To Retirement Benefits

Many employers find that providing supplemental benefits, such as retirement plan benefits, can help them recruit and retain an experienced workforce to serve in a variety of roles that include seasonal and part-time positions. While the number of part-time positions in the U.S. has declined over the past few years, in the second quarter of 2023, more than 26 million people worked part … Read More

Biden Administration Plans To End Covid Public Health Emergency In May

from our friends at: CNBC Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Biden administration plans to end the Covid public health emergency this spring, as the U.S. shifts away from responding to the pandemic as a national crisis and instead manages the virus more like a seasonal respiratory disease. The White House, in a statement on Monday, said it would terminate on … Read More

Voluntary benefits: 5 ways companies can educate employees

via: benefitspro.com ( https://bit.ly/2fAjooS )  by: Sharla St. Rose Over the past several years, employers and insurance providers have transitioned from paper-based enrollment processes to digital platforms. The benefits are abundant: a higher level of personalization; easier and more timely access to benefits; and a more streamlined, efficient and controllable process. You get it. Yet along the way, we started … Read More

All The Free Health Care You Can Get Without Using A Deductible

~ From LifeHacker – Vitals – Beth Skwarecki ~ If you’re putting off a checkup or a tetanus booster because you think you’d have to pay a ton for it, we have good news. Even if you haven’t met your deductible, you still don’t have to pay a cent for most common types of preventive care. Deductibles Don’t Work the … Read More

Over Half of Employers Could Trigger Health Plan Excise Tax

Nearly 60% of employers and other health plan sponsors say they will — unless they make changes — trigger the health care reform law excise tax on costly plans, according to a new survey. Under that Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provision, which a growing number of lawmakers want to repeal, a 40% excise tax will be imposed, starting … Read More