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Financial tips for your LGBTQ+ community

Employee Benefits

In fact, one in four LGBTQ Americans say they’ve experienced financial challenges due to their gender identity or sexual orientation, according to a 2019 Morning Consult poll. Married individuals can file jointly to receive a combined standard deduction of $27,700. These should be reviewed regularly and updated as needed.

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Pandemic to trigger health benefit cost hike next year

Business Management Daily

Even amid economic uncertainty caused by the pandemic, only 18% of employers say they will shift more healthcare expenses to employees, such as raising deductibles or co-pays. MetLife found that: Half of employees said open enrollment is more important this year than it was in 2019.

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How prepared are workers’ compensation systems for COVID-19?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Researchers have raised the alarms but not every government or insurer was listening. The consequences of higher death rates across all demographics during a largescale pandemic on life insurance underwriters and government social insurance as well as on workers’ compensation insurers.