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Health Care Reform
July 2013
ACA Mandates — Different Measures of Affordability
Several key reforms under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) measure the affordability of employer-sponsored health coverage. Effective for 2014, the...

Health Care Reform
July 2013
Verification of Eligibility for Exchange Coverage Subsidies Delayed
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires each state to have a competitive marketplace, known as an Affordable Health Insurance Exchange (Exchange), for...

Health Care Reform
July 2013
Q&As on Medical Loss Ratio Rules
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes medical loss ratio (MLR) rules that require health insurance issuers to report how they spend their premium...

Health Care Reform
July 2013
Medical Loss Ratio Rules
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) established the medical loss ratio (MLR) rules to help control health care coverage costs and ensure that enrollees...

Productivity
July 2013
Napping, Tweeting and Angry Birds: How to Increase Productivity
Back in 2007, NASA did a study revealing that pilots who took a 26-minute nap in the cockpit would improve job performance and become more alert....

Health Care Reform
June 2013
Health Care Reform – The Individual Mandate
Beginning in 2014, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires most individuals to obtain acceptable health insurance coverage for themselves and their...

Benefits
June 2013
Supreme Court Strikes Down DOMA, Clears Way for Same-Sex Marriage in California
On June 26, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court announced decisions in two significant cases regarding laws affecting same-sex marriage: The federal Defense...

Benefits
June 2013
Supreme Court Ruling on DOMA – What It Means for Employers
On June 26, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision regarding the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act of 1996...

Benefits
June 2013
Supreme Court Limits Employment Discrimination and Retaliation Claims
Federal law prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Specifically, Title VII of the Civil Rights...

Engagement
June 2013
Employees Leave People, Not Companies
A long-held belief with employee engagement is that workers leave a company due to dissatisfaction with the people they work with or for – not...

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