Category: Employee Benefits
The Department of Labor postponed new 401(k) fee disclosure rules until August 30, 2012. This is advantageous to employers as employees begin anew to look at their earnings and retirement as the economy sparks. Plan fiduciaries have more time to ...
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U.S. officials on Monday cited two health insurers for excessive premium increases, under consumer protection rules of President Barack Obama's health care reform law that could soon be nullified by the Supreme Court.
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U.S. officials on Monday cited two health insurers for excessive premium increases, under consumer protection rules of President Barack Obama's health care reform law that could soon be nullified by the Supreme Court.
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Young people plan to work into retirement years
Young people plan on working well into retirement not necessarily due to financial need, but because they want to stay active and involved. This is according to new survey results from T. Rowe Price, showing that 69% of respondents ...
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Healthy people, healthy earth: KP does good by going greener
It's Earth Week! And regardless of your position on the reality and/or cause of climate change, this week is one set apart for being kinder and gentler to Mother Earth. Some companies best known for making green are taking bigger ...
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Targeting soft skills yields hard returns for employers
Lyndsey Allen used to work across the street from Zappos' main office in Henderson, Nev. She'd sit in her cube, watching Zappos staffers stage impromptu parades around the parking lot in themed garb. She was perfectly content at her current ...
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Time for a twist on TDFs
There's no denying that target-date funds are easy to understand and wildly popular with 401(k) plan participants, especially among new and inexperienced investors. But their performance has fallen considerably short in a still-fragile economy, as leading fund managers have pursued ...
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7 tax-free benefits for employees
During tax season, employees are sharply reminded of how much cash Uncle Sam takes from their paychecks. Many workers already take advantage of benefits such as tax-exempt health savings accounts, group term-life insurance and even tax-deferred benefits in retirement plans. ...
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Tattle-tale technology
Face it: Your employees are distracted. According to IDC Research, 30% to 40% of employee Internet activity is non-work-related, and SexTracker reports that 70% of all Internet porn traffic occurs during the 9-to-5 workday. Such workplace Internet misuse costs U.S. ...
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Florida failing to take action on the Affordable Care Act
Recently, I had an opportunity to attend a luncheon where Florida Governor Rick Scott gave the keynote address. He was surprisingly bright and certainly on top of things here in our sunny state, which has suffered a few economic kicks ...
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