California Legislative Update: Bills to Keep an Eye On
With everything else you have to do, keeping up with changes in the law can be difficult—especially in California.
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What Are Competitors in Your State Offering in Benefits? Survey Says …
BLR’s annual survey of benefits shows a slowing in healthcare cost increases, rising deductibles, and a quarter of employers paying their workers serving in the military. The results of BLR’s annual survey of benefits paid by U.S. companies are in. Here’s what they show. And here’s how to get the report sent to you every […]
Reform Agencies Clarify Cost Sharing and Essential Services
A series of agency Q&As resolves a few questions relating to complying with federal health care reform, such as correctly counting participants’ out-of-pocket expenditures; wellness program reward administration; and the status of “carved-out” benefits. In latest set of Frequently Asked Questions, the U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury provide some […]
Is Your Photocopier a Security Risk?
Your new copying machine may be keeping copies of records that have been scanned into the copier’s hard drive. You can’t access those records directly, but someone could remove the drive and copy your confidential records.
Market Pricing and Salary Surveys, Part III
Which is better—job evaluation or market pricing? Though many see them as competing processes, a blend of the two offers more benefit because it balances the strengths and weaknesses of each. Click here to read more.
Government Enforcement: Back Wage Collections Up in 2006, DOL Reports
Money Market Reform Proposal Put on Hold; FSOC Might Revive It
SEC efforts to tighten rules on the $2.56 trillion money market fund industry are on indefinite hold. Trade organizations representing the retirement plan and asset management industries wrote a joint letter to SEC Aug. 21 criticizing money market reforms on which the commission was slated to vote Aug. 29. The letter urged SEC not to […]
Important change to the workers’ comp posting rules
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has just finalized regulations that change your posting requirements.
Maryland Takes Step Toward $15 Minimum Wage
In a widely expected move, the Maryland General Assembly has approved a significant increase in the state’s minimum wage by voting for legislation aimed at increasing the current rate of $10.10 per hour to $15 by 2025.
3 ECN Member Blogs Nominated for ABA Blawg 100
Three blogs written by members of the Employers Counsel Network have been nominated for the American Bar Association Journal’s annual Blawg 100 competition. For the fourth year in a row, That’s What She Said, a blog written by attorneys at Ford & Harrison LLP, has been selected as one of the 100 best law blogs […]