by Wendy Feldbauer | Mar 28, 2023 | Healthcare, HR Policies
The American Benefits Council Calls on Congress to Focus on 4 Key Health Policy Priorities Lawmakers should take “bold steps” to strengthen employer plans, reduce costs, promote telehealth and combat the mental health crisis, wrote the American Benefits Council.1 As a...
by Wendy Feldbauer | Nov 3, 2022 | Healthcare
Employer-sponsored health insurance premiums for families and individuals increased slightly this year from 2021 – but that is changing in 2023. One consideration for this impending increase is that employer costs for this year were largely set last year before...
by Wendy Feldbauer | Oct 27, 2022 | HR Policies
President Biden recently announced a federal pardon for individuals convicted of minor possession of marijuana. This pardon will affect around 6,500 Americans and applies to everyone except those in the U.S. military.1Over two-thirds of voters’ support issuing pardons...
by Wendy Feldbauer | Oct 20, 2022 | Healthcare
Employer-sponsored health plans will likely see premiums increase by an average of 6.5% in 2023.1 Some believe it is the shortage of healthcare worker and the need to offer more to recruit hard-to-find professionals, other attribute it to cost increases for supplies...
by Wendy Feldbauer | Oct 13, 2022 | HR Trends, Workplace Culture
Human Resource managers have consistently been challenged by “productivity paranoia,” a leader’s uncertainty that their people are working as effectively as they could. This was true even when employees were present in the office eight hours a day but the shift to...