Obstructive Sleep Apnea and the Trucking Industry
Drivers with untreated sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea, are one of the most dangerous threats out on our roads. Read more...
Aug 4, 2010
Voluntary Legal Plans & Identity Theft Protection - Peace of Mind for the Employee and Employer
As workplace marketing expands, legal plans are becoming an expected employee benefit like medical insurance. A legal plan offers the peace of mind that comes from knowing you have someone to turn to when you need them most. Read more...
Aug 4, 2010
Do you have a Seat at the Table?
I think this picture says a lot. What do you see? Some of you see an empty room, I see lost opportunity. In about 50 days the largest gathering of voluntary benefits professionals in the country will happen at the Voluntary Benefits Association annual conference and in Los Angeles. Read more...
Aug 4, 2010
Grow up man! Thoughts on Cooperating in Ventures that are not Necessarily to your Liking.
“Please test us for ten days on a diet of vegetable and water. At the end of the ten days, see how we look compared to the other young men who are eating the King’s food.” Daniel, a Jewish prodigy, who was being asked to eat food that violated his conscience by his Babylonian captors. Read more...
Aug 4, 2010
Small Businesses Can Offer Big Employer Benefits
When it comes to benefits packages, who says small business can’t compete with the big guys? With voluntary benefits, smaller employers can offer the same benefits plans as their competitors—at no additional direct cost. Read more...
Aug 4, 2010
Workplace Life Insurance Ideas
Providing life insurance solutions at the workplace has gradually evolved over the past several decades. Prior to the 1970’s, traditional group life insurance solutions were limited to a basic employer sponsored group term life insurance with a voluntary group term life insurance buy-up option. Read more...
Aug 4, 2010
An Innovative Approach to Voluntary Benefits—NCFlex
In 1992, the Government Performance Audit Commission determined that the State’s employee benefits programs were fragmented and not cost-effective. Read more...
Aug 4, 2010
Health Care and Accidents Prepare for the Unprepared
Ever hear the word “Oops” or use it yourself? Usually that word is uttered when you make a mistake or have an accident that is fairly minor, like dropping a dish in the sink or losing a set of keys or cell phone down a storm drain when you parked too close to the curb. But often, Read more...
Aug 4, 2010
Social Social Media Strategy: Being Social Is Serious Business
f Facebook was a country, it would be the fourth largest in the world. Social networking is the fastest growing medium we have ever seen. The social web – Web 2.0 – has given rise to a new way of marketing: people are engaged in conversations online and markets have become conversations. Read more...
Aug 4, 2010
Return-To-Work-After-Cancer Programs
The business world places a premium on reducing costs and productivity loss due to sick leaves. But when a leave of absence is cancer related, these same costs and losses can sky rocket for both employee and employer. Read more...
Aug 4, 2010
Importance of Consumer Driven Health Plans (CDH)
With the onslaught of health care reform and the many regulatory changes coming down the pipe line, employers are looking for alternative avenues to health care. Many of those alternatives are consumer driven health plans (CDH) e.g., Read more...
Aug 4, 2010
Taking a Long-Term View of Your Benefits Strategy
As you look ahead to planning your benefits for 2011 and beyond, reflect on the changes that have occurred over the past year. Although the economy may be starting to stabilize, Americans across the board continue to be anxious about their personal finances. Read more...
Aug 4, 2010
Keep Smiling The Simple Voluntary Dental Solution
There’s no underestimating the power of a beautiful, healthy smile. However, the cost for maintaining those pearly whites can add up fast, and employers and employees alike undoubtedly want options to help cover the costs of practicing good oral health. Read more...
Aug 4, 2010
What is HRBPO? What is an Employer to do?
Outsourcing, or subcontracting responsibility for completing certain business functions, has been a fact of corporate life for a number of years. Traditionally, corporations have outsourced individual business functions, such as computer hardware infrastructure or payroll processing. Read more...
Aug 4, 2010
Can Voluntary Benefits Transform into Core Benefits?
Employees contribute to their 401 (K) plans as a form of investment for their retirement. Their dream is one of financial freedom and pleasures in their golden years Read more...
Jul 8, 2010