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Employee Benefits: The Only Guide You Need

Achievers

The list of benefits in this category began fairly simply with things like dental insurance and life insurance options. From 2017 to 2018, 44 percent of organizations increased their wellness benefits and 75 percent of employers offered a general wellness program, wellness resources and/or wellness information.

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Year-end checklist for HR

PeopleStrategy

Some health and life insurance plans and retirement plans require companies to report enrollment figures and balances at the end of the year. In 2018, the cap for employee contributions to health care flexible spending accounts will increase to $2,650 , according to the Society for Human Resource Management.

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How Many Ineligible Dependents Are Lurking on Your Benefits Plan?

Corporate Synergies

During this exercise, it’s also a good idea to ask plan participants to verify beneficiaries on employer-provided life insurance.). During this exercise, it’s also a good idea to ask plan participants to verify beneficiaries on employer-provided life insurance.). The Why, What and How of Insurance Premium Increases.

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How Much Money Are the Most Recent College Graduates Making?

Abel HR

percent more than the amount pocketed by the Class of 2018. Indeed, a report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers finds that the average starting pay for graduates of the Class of 2020 was $55,260, up 2.5 percent from the year prior and a whopping 8.5

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Issue Commentary: NY Decision Shows That Not All “Misrepresentations” Are Sufficient to Warrant Disqualification from Future Benefits

The Workcomp Writer

In August 2018, claimant, while employed as an asbestos worker, was injured at work as he hauled pieces of a cast iron boiler out of a high school basement. Following her injury, the claimant opened a scrapbooking shop with proceeds from her husband’s life insurance. Industrial Comm’n , 113 Ohio St. 3d 5, 2007 Ohio 969, 862 N.E.2d

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10 most popular employee benefits and perks

Higginbotham

According to the 2021 Financial Wellbeing Employer Survey from the Employee Benefit Research Institute , the percentage of employers that offer a financial wellbeing program has increased from only 12 percent in 2018 to 34 percent in 2021. Other Common Insurance Options and Voluntary Benefits.

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Understanding the cost of employee benefits & what it means for your company

Genesis HR Solutions

Insurance types: Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance plans. per hour worked in March 2018. In this article, we’ll look at: The benefits most businesses offer. How much of an employee’s salary is made up of benefits. Common Employee Benefits. 401(k) and retirement plans. percent.