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Proposed 2015 DOL Overtime Rule Change: What #HR Needs to Know

HR Bartender

This means that only certain deductions are permitted from the employee’s pay for time not worked and no deductions are permitted based on the quality or quantity of work; and. What if there had been an automatic minimum salary increase in 2009 at the height of the Great Recession ? The DOL proposed changes are to #1.

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Employers Begin To Question HDHPs

Wellable

According to a survey by the National Business Group on Health, 39% of large employers offer only high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) to employees for health insurance, which is up from 7% in 2009.

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Product Spotlight: What is Critical Illness Insurance?

Winston Benefits

Even when they have health insurance, employees face a maze of co-pays, deductibles and co-insurance that can leave large gaps in coverage. According to Mercer , 45 percent of employers with more than 500 employees offered critical illness insurance in 2015, compared with 34 percent in 2009.

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How to Create Employee Commuter benefits

HR Digest

Employee commuter benefits are pre-tax payroll deductions. And in 2009, bicycle commuter benefit was added to the law. Using any of this software as an employer allows you to set up the various deductions of the employees and your contribution directly within the software programmed to handle all calculations.

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5 Signs Your Company Is Paying Too Much for Health Care

Insperity

The average annual medical insurance premium for single coverage is $4,824, and $13,375 for family coverage, according to the Kaiser Foundation’s (KFF) 2009 Annual Survey of Employer Health Benefits. Extremely low deductibles and copays. As a general rule, plans that have low deductibles have higher premiums.

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MS Court Says Injured Employee Must Reimburse Comp Carrier for Cost of Employer Medical Evaluations

The Workcomp Writer

Background Leverne Brent, who worked for the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS), sustained work-related injuries in 2009 while she was visiting a building owned by a third party, Madated LLC. Her employer and insurer paid Brent benefits, including payments for her bills for medical treatment.

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Trial Work Periods and Extended Periods of Eligibility

Attorney Charlie Hall

35] IRWE must be out-of-pocket and paid in the same month (or anticipated work month) in which the deduction is applied. [36] IRWE paid before December 1, 1980, only include expenses paid for items or services that were incurred only because of work. [34] The second tool is the employer subsidy. 770 or 80 hours*. 750 or 80 hours*.

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