It’s a confusing time right now … here are a few thoughts on the health care bill before the Senate. If the Senate does away with the Individual Mandate, then they need to come up with a way to keep healthy people from exiting the market. One strategy they came up with
The time is finally here. You’ve had a count down for months now. You have everything ready, bags are packed, plane tickets ready, you saved up and have all your spending money ready to go. You have everything checked off your list, or so you thought. Until you land and the rental
In order for small and mid-sized companies to stay relevant and recruit top talent, especially among millennials who are projected to make up 50 percent of the U.S. workforce by 2020, they will need to keep pace with the latest advancements in HR technologies. Employees are increasingly going online to enroll
In dealing with the changes in the new modification calculation (4th one in 4 years) by the WCIRB, I have been attempting to explain what happened to a majority of my clients. Below is an actual email that I sent to a client in order to attempt to explain what
Existing law states that the Workers Compensation system will compensate an employee for injuries sustained in the course of his or her employment. Existing law also allows for some individuals to choose to exclude themselves from Workers Compensation if he or she owns part of the company. In the case
It used to be that only the U.S. military used drones in their business. Not any longer. In 2016, individuals and businesses have close to 1,000,000 drones and they do represent a significant liability exposure. For now, let’s just take a look at drones used for business. Many businesses already use
I view running a company to being a football coach attempting to keep ground (profits) already taken and adding to that ground whenever it is possible using your valued employees by putting them in a position to be successful. Your company has been very successful at making a profit for
Do you have Vendors, or Allies? I view running a company to being a football coach attempting to keep ground (profits) already taken and adding to that ground whenever it is possible using your valued employees by putting them in a position to be successful. Your company has been very successful
We’ve all read about the large data breaches to companies like Target, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Ashley Madison and many more. What we do not hear about are the thousands of small businesses that incur Cyber Attacks and how badly it hurts them. If your business stores this kind of data,
Reason #4: Management Involvement Self-funding allows the employer to always be aware of plan utilization, claim activity and payment activity versus the passive approach on the fully-insured side. Employers are in a much better position to evaluate plan performance on a overall basis and adjust to any issues faster when self-funding. If you would