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What You Need to Know About Student Loan Repayment and the Millennial Workforce | Benefits Specialist Pennsylvania
Millennials account for the largest demographic in the workforce today (Berman), and by 2025 will make up 75% of our working population (Forbes). With new technologies, more people deciding to branch out and start their own businesses and telecommuting jobs becoming popular, it’s important for employers to understand how they need to adapt previous HR…
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Advantages of Using Mail Order | PA Benefits Broker
www.uhctools.com Do you have medications that you take regularly? If so, you could have lower out-of-pocket costs and greater convenience with the mail-order pharmacy. Save money and time Depending on your benefit plan, you could save money by having your doctor prescribe a 3-month supply of medication by mail. You’ll have fewer refills and may…
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1094-B and 1095-B – What’s New | PA Employee Benefits Specialist
Abridged from www.irs.gov Filing requirements. Providers of minimum essential coverage are required to file Forms 1094-B and 1095-B for 2015 in accordance with the forms and these instructions to report coverage in 2015. Form revisions. For 2015, Form 1095-B, Part III, was revised to include Covered Individuals Continuation Sheet(s) used when there are more than…
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4 Ways to Get Financially Fit in Your 40s | Pennsylvania Employee Benefits
By Erica Oh Nataren www.lifehappens.org Many people in their 40s are facing an uncomfortable fact: They simply aren’t where they’d hoped to be financially. Fortunately, all their life experience can help correct for past mistakes. “There’s a different trigger moment for everybody,” says Jay Howard, financial advisor and partner at MHD Financial in San Antonio,…
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How to Make Your Parent a Dependent for Insurance | Duncansville Employee Benefits
By Melanie Jones www.livestrong.com Children may have to become the caregivers of aging parents. These parents may be faced with health issues and altered mental issues as they age. Occasionally, children may have to have their parents enrolled on their insurance plans as a dependent. Parents enrolled on a qualified medical insurance plan will ensure…
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Assistance on Tuition Assistance | PA Benefits Broker
Abridged from www.shrm.org Is tuition assistance on the agenda for your next departmental planning session? If so, here are some recommendations to consider: Make your policy understandable to all. Make sure collateral materials are widely available and understandable to younger employees who aren’t accustomed to insurance claims, expense account reimbursements or financial forms. Tuition assistance…
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OSHA Penalties after August 1, 2016 | Benefits Broker PA
www.thinkhr.com OSHA Penalties Increasing by 78 Percent After August 1, 2016 Section 701 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 contains the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Improvements Act of 2015, which requires the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and most other federal agencies to implement inflation-adjusted civil penalty increases. The Inflation Adjustment Act…
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Ask The Experts: Summer Dress Code | Pennsylvania Employee Benefits
www.thinkhr.com Question: How do we address a situation where an employee is coming to work dressed too casually even for our more relaxed summer dress code? Answer: As the summer months make for hotter days, it’s common for people to wear more comfortable clothes such as flip-flops and tank tops; but if you don’t specify…
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E-Verify Users Must Still Fill Out I-9 Forms | Employee Benefits Duncansville
By Roy Maurer www.shrm.org Employers are obligated to complete and maintain I-9 employment eligibility verification forms for every worker, even if the organization is using E-Verify to validate work authorization. “E-Verify is not a replacement for the Form I-9 but rather an added layer of protection, deterring document and identity theft to a certain extent,”…
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Qualifying Life Event’s | Benefits Specialist Duncansville
Abridged from www.healthcare.gov A change in your situation – like getting married, having a baby, or losing health coverage – that can make you eligible for a Special Enrollment Period, allowing you to enroll in health insurance outside the yearly Open Enrollment Period. There are 4 basic types of qualifying life events. (The following are…
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