We were reminded by our friends at Sesco Management that the definition of affordable health care plans under the Affordable Care Act is inflation-adjusted and we’re thankful for the heads-up. Under Obamacare, employer-sponsored coverage for plan years beginning in 2018 is considered affordable if an employee’s required contribution for self-only coverage does not exceed 9.56%…
Read More »Technically, the Fight for $15 began at the start of this decade with President Obama pushing an increase in the federal minimum wage in his 2010 State of the Union address, but the effort continues at full speed in state houses and town halls across the country. In North Dakota, advocates are planning to put…
Read More »The Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation (BWC) has approved a reduction in private employer insurance premiums of 12% to be effective July 1, 2018. During its deliberations, the BWC determined that the reduction would save Ohio businesses as much as $163.5 million. Further, BWC cited a number of factors that played into the reduction, chief…
Read More »It may be a novel approach in these days of government mandates for everything, but an Indiana state senator is asking the Indiana Legislature to create a study committee to specifically consider the benefits of a voluntary paid family and medical leave program. We saw with minimum wages, many companies voluntarily increased the minimums paid…
Read More »No, there won’t be any there, but the subject will certainly be discussed in detail and it couldn’t be more timely – each day we read of businessmen, politicians and others losing their jobs or livelihoods because of harassment allegations. At the annual Northeast Regional Meeting on Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at the Sheraton Needham…
Read More »Earlier this week, it was announced that Starbucks had opened its first of what they project will be 1,000 global Reserve stores, dedicated to its premium Reserve brand. This first is located at the company headquarters in Seattle. Also, it was reported that they are reducing the number of products in their stores by as…
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