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Offer more benefits to make employees happy – 11 is the magic number for benefits

Benefits exist because they appeal to employees in a different way than do hard dollars. But how rich should a benefits menu be at a ...
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UnitedHealthcare opens up telehealth coverage options

As technology and health care become more intertwined, a visit to the doctor can be as easy as a touch of an app. UnitedHealthcare Thursday ...
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Private company now dictating employment policy to small businesses

It's well-known that small businesses suffer from a crushing burden of employment-related, safety-related, and environmental-related rules and regulations from various government agencies. It is also ...
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Real-time reporting critical to ACA administration, compliance

Commentary: The Affordable Care Act is bringing new administrative complexity to employers offering health plans to their employees. It includes new requirements for employee tracking ...
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Why millennials quit their jobs

More than three-fourths of U.S. millennial workers who quit their job do so because of minimal wage growth, according to a new study by Ernst ...
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Small biz workers getting short end of benefits stick

Does working for a small company mean receiving small benefits? Apparently so, according to the 2014 U.S. Worker Survey, conducted last December on behalf of ...
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Providing a comprehensive total employee benefits package

There's a lot more to employee benefits than just filling out a form for health insurance. From the retirement plan, to health insurance, to even ...
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Telehealth benefits gain wider acceptance

With the increasingly busy and complicated lives of America’s front-line employees, one of the cornerstones of health care – the old-fashioned visit to a doctor’s ...
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Imminent rulings may have drastic changes to benefits industry

A slew of hot-button topics, from health care to retirement, are being discussed in Washington –both on Capitol Hill and in the halls of the ...
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Adverse subsidies ruling would pummel small businesses

Should the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in King v. Burwell go against the Obama administration, the fallout will hit small businesses especially hard. This is what ...
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MetLife: The more benefits, the happier the employee

Controlling health care costs is important for employers, but it’s not their No.1 concern. Retention was cited as the main objective of employee benefits by ...
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Emergency room visits keep climbing under PPACA

Emergency room visits have increased under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act despite the law’s promises and efforts to curb them, ER room doctors ...
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