Posts Tagged ‘health benefits’

TAKE NOTE: New American Taxpayer Relief Act Compliance Information

Friday, January 4th, 2013

HR compliance information for legislative changes due to American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (H.R. 8).

The IRS Is Making Its Move on PPACA…(Cue “Jaws” theme song)

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has begun to circle the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and 2014 is still a year and a half away. That is the year when the federal legislation is supposed to go into affect and will require employers with more than 50 employees to offer minimal essential health coverage to their workers or be subject to a penalty.

Your Biggest HR Issues for 2012

Thursday, December 29th, 2011

What is on your human resources radar for 2012? Please fill out our short poll to let us know. Your answer will be anonymous and no personal data will be collected about you. Your input will help us continue to generate interesting and useful blog and social media content.

What’s on Your HR Radar for 2012?

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

With just a couple of months left until we ring in the new year, we’d like to know what human resources issues are on the top of your priority list. Please take a moment to take the poll below. Thank you, and if you haven’t already, please check out our November newsletter. In this issue: [...]

Bummed Out by Benefits

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

Health insurance coverage today is a big bummer. A new USA Today/Gallup poll tracking 13 specific job aspects indicates that, when compared to how they felt before the global economic collapse in 2008, American workers today are most unhappy about their health insurance, followed by their chances for promotion and on-the-job stress. The poll results [...]

Got Employee Benefit Plans? Keep an Eye on Pending Legislation.

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011

Just when you think employee benefit plans couldn’t get any more confusing or complicated, new federal legislation gets proposed to prove you wrong. Thanks to a great article written by Gary W. Howell and Michael R. Durnwald of Katten, Muchin, Rosenman, LLP, and posted on LinkedIn, it’s clear that business owners need to keep an [...]

Northampton County Saves Over $273,000 Through The Early Retiree Reinsurance Program

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

LEHIGH VALLEY, PA (April 5, 2011) Great budget saving news is coming out of Northampton County. Through a federal funding program called the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP), hireVision was able to assist the County in obtaining reimbursement dollars of over $273,000 to help offset increases in health benefit costs. Since the County offers a [...]

Big Flexible Spending Account Change for 2011

Friday, November 19th, 2010

Just a heads up for our readers about a major change to flexible spending arrangements (commonly referred to as flexible spending accounts or FSAs). New requirements for 2011 will go into affect as of the first of the year that will make it necessary for people to have a doctor’s prescription for many of their [...]

HR ALERT: Time for Medicare Part D Notice of Creditable Coverage

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010

Yes, folks, it is that time of year again. No, we aren’t talking about the World Series—although that’s big news too! We are talking about the time of year to provide employees with their Medicare Part D creditable coverage notice. Here’s some great information from hireVision’s own Kelly Coblentz, PHR, General Manager, HR and Hiring Services: [...]

SHRM Health Care Reform Page Offers New Policy Timelines & Resources

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Health care reform is here. Is your company ready? Be sure to check out the informative SHRM’s Health Care Reform web page for informative articles and a list of resources, including timelines for when the earliest measures of the legislation go into effect.