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Va. firm still pays full premiums for employees and their families

10/03/2008

Employees of McDonough Bolyard Peck in Fairfax, Va., have never paid health or life insurance premiums or deductibles. The 18-year-old consulting firm pays 100% of the premiums for team members and their families …

New site helps small businesses set up HSAs

10/03/2008

If you’re unable to provide your employees with health insurance, you can still help them cover their medical bills by offering Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). A new government web site walks small business owners through the benefits and set-up process.

DOL offers help to employees who are disaster victims

10/03/2008

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has resources for your employees who live in areas devastated by floods, fires or other disasters. Employees in flooded areas can call (866) 487-2365 for information about unemployment benefits, federal One-Stop Career Centers, wages and safety issues …

The cure for workers’ comp fraud: daily injury logs

10/01/2008

Employees who hurt themselves at work sometimes wait weeks or even months before filing a workers’ compensation claim. What at first seems like a relatively harmless injury can flare into a debilitating condition months later. Such late claims put business owners at a serious disadvantage.

Can ‘kiddie wellness’ programs cut your health costs?

09/25/2008

HR professionals do a lot of hand-wringing over how to cut health care costs. But one aspect often remains overlooked: the health of employees’ children. Here are five tips for including kids in wellness programs …

Trouble in the air: The legal ailments of sick-building syndrome

09/24/2008

Although it may seem like the far-fetched excuse of an employee hoping to take a few days off from work, a condition known as “sick building syndrome” (SBS) is real. Some employees suffering from SBS have brought claims under the ADA. Others have sought recovery under state workers’ compensation laws …

What should we do if we suspect an employee is abusing workers’ comp?

09/24/2008

Q. How far can we go to make sure employees aren’t taking advantage of our company while they’re out on workers’ comp leave? Can we, for example, call them at home to make sure they are resting and not out working another job or otherwise abusing the system? …

Indiana employers overlooked health incentive tax break

09/23/2008

Only two companies in the state took advantage of the health insurance tax credit introduced under the Indiana Check-Up Plan last year. The plan granted credits of $50 per employee to businesses that provided employee health care coverage for their workers under a Section 125 cafeteria plan …

N.J. employers pay well above national average for health care

09/22/2008

It may be true that you get what you pay for, but New Jersey employers are paying more than most for health care, according to the 2008 Health Plan Survey conducted by United Benefit Advisors (UBA) …

Former legal secretary says firm reneged on disability payments

09/19/2008

A legal secretary who formerly worked for the law firm Townsend and Townsend and Crew recently filed a motion for summary judgment on her claim that the intellectual property firm owes her money under a long-term disability claim regulated by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act …