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Spread the Word About Additional HSA Contributions

InterWest Insurance Services

If you have staff with health savings accounts, they still have until April 15 to make additional contributions to their accounts if they want to reduce their tax bills for last year. Since funds workers contribute to their HSA are made before their salaries are taxed, they reduce their overall taxable income.

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Flexible Spending Account Contribution Limit Climbs

InterWest Insurance Services

FSA fast facts Funds in an FSA can be used for a myriad of health care expenses, from dental and vision (including eyeglasses) to medical care costs and prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals. An FSA must be funded exclusively through employer contributions or employee pre-tax contributions, or a combination of the two.

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Of Switzerland, the country, its HR practices and technology landscape

Ahmed's Universe

All these jobs will have to be tracked and, when fed into a payroll system, the latter will have to split the relevant taxes. As part of an HR system multi-assignment/contract is a key requirement: somebody can be working in a canton hospital, teach at university and oversee a small business.

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Many Employees Choosing the Wrong Health Plans

InterWest Insurance Services

They were able to choose from 48 different combinations of deductibles, pharmaceutical copayments, co-insurance and maximum out-of-pocket expenses. To help offset the cost of a HDHP, you can offer your staff health savings accounts (HSAs), which offer a tax-advantaged way to save for health care costs. employer made.

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How to Advance Your Career in HR

HR Digest

Other common employers include healthcare facilities, insurance providers, financial institutions, and pharmaceutical companies. Most companies will deduct taxes and insurance premiums for workers covered by the employer’s plan. Top Companies . As of 2015, Fortune 500 companies are hiring more HR professionals than ever before.

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10 Companies Offering Work from Home

HR Digest

It conducts clinical trials on behalf of its pharmaceutical clients and provides regulatory, consulting, and market access to expedite the drug approval process. is a software company that develops software for financial, accounting, and tax preparations for small businesses, accountants, and individuals. Intuit Inc.

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Tribunal finds AstraZeneca scientist with mental health disability was wrongfully dismissed

Employee Benefits

James Muir, a senior scientist who had been developing the pharmaceutical firm’s recently approved cancer drug Truqap, had worked there since 1998. An employment tribunal has found that a former AstraZeneca scientist with a mental health disability was wrongfully dismissed.