By Michael J. Lotito With Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid expected to bring the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013 (H.R. 1010; S. 460) up for consideration in … Read more
Shutdown or No, House Committee Debates What Is a Full-Time Employee
By Ilyse Wolens Schuman While the federal government remained on shutdown mode, the House Small Business Committee, Subcommittee on Health and Technology … Read more
Streamling Healthcare HR Is Most Popular Cost-Cutting Initiative
Cutting agency fees and saving on temps made the list of cost-savings initiatives being embraced this year and next by HR professionals in the healthcare … Read more
What Happens to COBRA When Obamacare Kicks In?
Health-law provisions taking effect next year could save U.S. employers billions of dollars in expenses now paid for workers who continue medical coverage … Read more
Yes, Most Employees Are Dumb When It Comes to Health Care
We are at a watershed moment in the history of employee health care in the United States. As Obamacare gets ready to go live on October 1, many companies … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Engagement Is Out; Now It’s Being Passionate That Counts
Lots gets written about employee engagement, and lots of it sounds the same, but two things are pretty clear: Organizations everywhere think employee … Read more
How Employee-Sponored Health Insurance Is Changing
United Parcel Service got attention by dropping some working spouses from its health plan and partly blaming the Affordable Care Act. But UPS’s move is … Read more
Beyond COBRA: Changing Insurance Options For Employees Leaving Jobs
Workers who lose their jobs and their employer-based health insurance will have new coverage options when the Affordable Care Act’s state … Read more
Survey: Economic Worries Driving Even More Temp, Part-Time Hiring
U.S. firms are shifting away from hiring full-time, permanent workers, as worries over the fragility of the economy and the looming implementation of the … Read more
The Affordable Care Act – Where Things Stand to Date
It seems like there is weekly news to report on the Affordable Care Act — generally about a provision being delayed, infrastructure that’s not quite ready … Read more