How do you apply FMLA+ given new school year policies?
Updated Aug. 28, 2020 with additional DOL guidance released after original publication With the new school year upon us, parents are faced with new child care concerns due to the continued risk of COVID-19 transmission and varying approaches to that risk by different...
New FFCRA paid leave guidance for government contractors
Government contractors performing work on contracts governed by the Service Contract Act (SCA) or Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA) received some welcome news this week when the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL-WHD) issued guidance exempting...
Where are we with the ACA craze?
We have another guest post for you today, this time from UnifyHR, one of the industry’s stand-alone Affordable Care Act (ACA) compliance technology vendors. Just as a reminder: As a neutral advisor, Lockton Benefit Group doesn’t necessarily endorse the goods or...
Want to Reach Your Mature Workers? Meet Them Online!
Much has been written about Millennials and the very specific ways we, as benefits communicators, need to communicate with them. And while it’s important to plan for this group that will someday be the largest generation in the workplace, we shouldn’t lose focus on...
Mobile Apps vs. Responsive Websites: Which is better?
Today, nearly two-thirds of Americans own a smartphone (Pew Research Survey), and it stands to reason, more than 50 percent of those reading this post are doing so on a mobile device (Smart Insights – Mobile Marketing Statistics). Mobile-friendly content is crucial...
An Apple (Watch) a Day Keeps You Moving!
As employer sponsored programs gain momentum, more and more creative solutions are being offered to help motivate employees toward changing behaviors. In an effort to improve employee health, fitness devices have quickly become a powerful way to incent goal setting...
March Madness: What’s All the Hoopla About?
With March Madness underway, communicating with your employees might be the last thing on your mind. But having a little fun with them related to the March Madness tournament could build camaraderie that lasts all year long (that’s communications cleverly disguised as...
The Presidential Candidates and Their Views on Health Insurance
With five main candidates still standing (at least for now), we thought we’d take a moment to provide a quick review of where they stand on the issue of health insurance. Specifically, how should it be provided, through what channels, and who should pay for it? So...
New HR Tech Resources Available
The past few weeks have been pretty busy for the HR Technology and Outsourcing Practice, and we have lots of new content to share. Whitepapers and a guest blog post about vendor selections, advantages of using a sourcing advisor and ACA reporting lessons learned are a...
Let’s Play the Match Game!
The CMS Data Match game, that is. That’s right, ladies and gents, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has kicked off a new Medicare Data Match game. Employers everywhere are receiving letters from CMS asking them (the employers) to provide eligibility...
You Have Your Ducks in a Row for the Employer Mandate?
Your Auditor May Want to Know. After close to six years, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has matured into the massive regulatory behemoth we always feared it would be. After some fits and starts, including delays and transition rules, 2016 marks the first year of...
New Test Can Quickly Diagnose Zika Virus
If, like me, you’ve been waiting for some good news related to the Zika virus, we finally have some. A rapid test for detecting the virus has been developed by two major Texas health centers, according to an announcement they made earlier this week. The test offers...
The Effects of Millennials on HR Tech
Millennials (those born in the early 1980s – the early 2000s) have surpassed Gen X has the largest generation in the US workforce. Soon there will be more millennials in the workforce than Gen X and baby boomers combined! With this rapidly growing generation have come...
Go Ahead and Push Play on Your Video Budget
Older people like them. Younger people like them. Men, women, even children like them. What are they? Online videos! According to DigiDay.com, 81 percent of Internet users in the U.S. are on YouTube. One of my communications mantras is “meet people where they are” and...