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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Enhanced Public Transit Benefit in Peril as 2010 Draws to Close
An enhanced transit benefit included in the 2009 stimulus law will terminate at the end of this year unless Congress renews it. Part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act included an increase in the tax-free transit benefit from $120 … Continue reading
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Tagged benefit separation, enhanced benefit, stimulus laws, transit subsidy
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Incentives Proposed To Keep Disabled Workers on Payroll
Employees and employers would share the cost of a modest private disability insurance package, between $150 and $250 a year, in order to keep disabled employees on the payroll and off the Social Security disability benefits rolls, a new report … Continue reading
Bankruptcy Filings, Credit Checks Thwart Some Job Candidates
The day after Thanksgiving a series of stories in the Wall St. Journal throws cold light on the stresses caused by the weakened economy. Under the banner headline, “Rebuilding Lives After Bankruptcy,” the writers Sara Murray and Joe Light discuss … Continue reading
Teach Employees About Dependent Coverage – It Can Save You Money
Maybe it’s time for HR to have a sitdown with employees to discuss who is or is not a “dependent” eligible for enrollment in group health insurance. The Wall St. Journal reported Monday that more employers are having audits performed … Continue reading
HHS Issues “Medical Loss Ratio” Rules Under Health Care Reform Law
The U.S. Health and Human Services Department issued new rules Monday implementing a major provision of the health care reform law requiring health insurance companies to spend significantly more of the premiums they take in on providing medical care rather … Continue reading
Nearly Half of CIOs Plan to Restrict Cyber Holiday Shopping
With Cyber Monday a week away, employees may want to rethink where and when they do their online holiday shopping, in light of a new survey indicating that many employers frown on employees doing their cyber shopping during the work … Continue reading
Immigration Reform: Prospects in the New Congress
Achieving comprehensive immigration reform is sort of like achieving peace in the Middle East or reducing the federal deficit — most observers agree on the outlines of the solution, but the parties that need to sign on in order for … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, E-Verify, employer mandate, I-9, immigration reform, work eligibility
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No Thanks, Delta Baggage and Cargo Handlers Tell Union
Count a majority of baggage and cargo handlers at Delta Airlines among the latest group of employees who do not want to be represented by union in dealing with their employer. Baggage and cargo handlers at Delta Airlines have voted … Continue reading
Feds Have Catching Up to Do on Same-sex Benefits
The federal government has not kept pace with the private sector in extending benefits such as pension rights and life insurance to employees’ same-sex partners, but advocates for gay and lesbian employees hope to change that by putting pressure on … Continue reading
