Tip Tuesday! Employer Notification Templates Now Available

By GSA

Employer Notification Templates Now Available

Perhaps one of the most important elements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — the Health Insurance Exchange/Marketplace — will open on October 1, 2013. The government has released initial templates of the forms that employers can use to communicate with employees about the exchanges.

Sample Notifications for Employers

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requires that employers inform employees in writing about the new Health Insurance Marketplace (aka Exchanges) and how the exchanges relate to their benefits. The original notification date of March 1, 2013 was delayed by the Department of Labor (DOL). The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced that employers have until October 1, 2013 to provide notification. 

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Case study: How wellness initiative helped staff living paycheck to paycheck

By Dan Wisniewski

 

 

Periodically, we like to offer success stories from HR pros from across the U.S. This account of how one employer’s wellness program helped staffers both physically and financially comes courtesy of Tim O’Neil, manager of employee health and financial wellness at Meredith Corp., Des Moines, IA.

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9 do’s and don’ts of employee workplace monitoring

By Dan Wisniewski

 

Thinking of keeping an eye on employees in your workplace? Tread carefully. 
Employers that want to monitor staff members’ workplace activities have a lot of options: email filters, website visit logs, global positioning systems, phone logs, keystroke logger software and even video surveillance.

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Multigenerational workforce: What motivates today’s employees [Graphic]

By Jared Bilski

March 1 marked Employee Appreciation Day. And for the first time in history, there are four different generations working side-by-side in the workplace — and each of these groups has different motivators.

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Tip Tuesday! Benefits communication: 3 common — and costly — pitfalls

By Jared Bilski

When employees don’t understand or fail to act on the benefits info their employers offer, there’s a good chance the overall communication strategy is suffering from some of these common mistakes.
Here are three benefits communication pitfalls to watch for, as well as proven ways to correct the problems, courtesy of the folks over at Benz Communications.

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4 Steps to Heal Leaky Gut and Autoimmune Disease

By Dr. Josh Axe

 

 

Leaky gut syndrome is a rapidly growing condition that more and more people are struggling with everyday. This condition may be the cause of your allergies, low energy, joint pain, autoimmune conditions and weight gain. In this article I will outline specifically how you can cure your leaky gut.

 

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6 ways (besides health savings) wellness plans benefit employers

By Christian Schappel

 

Most employers start a wellness program for the potential healthcare cost savings. But new research has shown they’re great for more than just padding the bottom line.

In addition to the healthcare cost savings employer-sponsored wellness programs can generate (anywhere from $2.71 for every dollar spent to $3.27), the 2013 Aflac WorkForces Report revealed that employers also benefit from wellness plans via increases in these six areas:

1. Employee knowledge about health care

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