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Special Open Enrollment: A Key Opportunity for Small Businesses Facing Coverage Challenges

CorpStrat

Many small businesses, despite offering reasonable or even generous contributions, encounter obstacles due to the federal ACA Individual Mandate penalty being reduced to $0 in 2019, which lessened the incentive for employees to secure health coverage.

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What is Company Culture? (And How to Make Your Team Feel Valued)

Best Money Moves

Tanner’s 2019 Global Culture Report, having a leader who is an active mentor led to a 102% increase in feeling motivated and a 76% increase in employees feeling connected with their leadership. According to O.C. It’s important to keep this competition friendly, which in turn can help bolster interoffice relationships.

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Florida’s Special Firefighter Cancer Statute Cannot Be Applied Retroactively

The Workcomp Writer

Accordingly, where the firefighter was diagnosed with ovarian cancer prior to the effective date, she did not qualify for the new statutory benefits. a firefighter who was diagnosed with cancer and believed the disease was caused by the employment could only seek benefits from the employer by filing a workers’ compensation claim.

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Meet reproductive health benefits trailblazers in 2021

Employee Benefits

Vodafone joined the ranks of companies such as Channel 4 and Santander who have been building support structures for menopausal women since 2019. LinkedIn was one of the first large corporations in the UK to offer staff fertility benefits reimbursing up to £21,000 towards IVF (~£5,000 per cycle) or adoption expenses from 2019.

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UK employment law 2020: what’s on the horizon?

cipHR

Details of any other benefits provided by the employer that are not already included in the statement . Information about a ny training entitlement provided by the employer, including whether any training is mandatory and/or must be paid for by the worker . . The changes , which took effect on 25 November 2019, include: .

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3 Things You Thought Were Eligible that Actually Aren’t

Benefit Resource Inc.

Angrily, you step aside and call your benefits provider to give them a piece of your mind. Is this benefits provider trying to rip you off and take all of your money by not allowing you to purchase anything with your pre-tax health dollars? When you get to the register, your card doesn’t seem to want to swipe.

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Why you should offer Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts health care to your employees

Genesis HR Solutions

In 2019, BCBS Massachusetts achieved the highest score for coverage and benefits, provider choice, information and communication, and billing and payment. Other awards include: Best insurance provider in Worcester Business Journal’s Best of Business awards voting (2019).