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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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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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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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International Chess Day

Empuls

Using bluffing and deduction, one can outwit the forces of the opposition. Queen to Play (2009) This French film tells the story of a hotel maid who becomes enamored with chess and receives guidance from a reclusive American expat. It's a tactical game that involves player involvement and different card combinations.

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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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Creating the “Urgent Care First” Mindset for Employee Benefits

Corporate Synergies

From 2009 to 2016 (the most recent data available), the average amount that hospitals billed insurance carriers for an emergency room visit more than doubled, from $600 to $1,322. Urgent care can be good medicine. The cost to the employer (and often the employee) is often far less than the ER.