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It’s almost time for group health insurance open enrollment and one of your priorities should be to drive participation by helping your employees make informed decisions about their options. You’ll want to help your staff understand their options so they can choose plans that are best for their age, health, and life situation. For example,
Americans are working longer hours and facing more demands for productivity, leading to stress and burnout, which in turn can affect workplace safety, according to risk management experts. Understaffing plays a part in this, they found. When workers are stressed or required to work quickly, they are more prone to making mistakes that can injure
Theft and vandalism against business has been growing rapidly, with 28% of businesses reporting an increase from 2021 to 2022, according to a new report. Only 3% of businesses surveyed in “The State of Physical Security Entering 2023” report by Pro-Vigil reported a decrease in such crimes, while 59% said it had stayed the same. For
Microsoft Corp. has issued a warning that cybercriminals are exploiting its Teams video-conferencing platform to launch phishing attacks that can debilitate companies that are victims of these actions. Hackers often abuse the Microsoft Teams platform to launch cyber-attacks and the latest threat the company is tracking is called Storm-0324, which it has deemed a serious
Every employer, no matter how small, faces the chance of being sued by a past, present, or prospective employee at some time. In fact, such employment practice claims are widespread – so much so that most businesses are much more likely to have an employment practices liability claim than a general liability or property loss
For 2024, the IRS has significantly reduced the group plan affordability threshold — which is used to determine if an employer’s lowest-premium health plan meets the Affordable Care Act rules. The threshold for next year has been set at 8.39% of an employee’s household income, down significantly from 9.12% this year. The lower threshold will
Workers’ compensation claims fraud costs the insurance industry roughly $25 billion each year, according to estimates by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Depending on whom you ask, fraud accounts for as much as 10% of the costs of all workers’ comp claims. This type of fraud is typically associated with malingering employees who fake
The U.S. Department of Labor has issued its long-awaited proposed changes to the nation’s overtime rules for American workers, proposing to increase the threshold for exempt status by more than 50% to $55,000. If the proposed rules become permanent rules, employers will need to prepare their bookkeeping and budgets to account for the new salary
Question: Do we need to conduct an investigation if one of our employees has accused another employee of harassment at a non-work event? Answered by the HR Experts:Absolutely. It is important to remember that not all interactions between employees take place at work, and these non-work interactions can ultimately affect the workplace, potentially contributing to
By: Jim Hamilton, Consultant Emeritus at Keypoint Intelligence Last year, I had the opportunity to interview a number of online print providers to get their thoughts on the market. Our discussions focused on the impact of the pandemic as well as planned print applications and strategies for the future. One intriguing development that came out
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