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Facts about Physical Activity | Duncansville Benefits Broker
Abridged from WWW.CDC.GOV About 1 in 5 (21%) adults meet the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines. Less than 3 in 10 high school students get at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day. Physical activity can improve health. People who are physically active tend to live longer and have lower risk for heart disease, stroke,…
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HRA or HSA – which is better for you? | Benefits Specialist PA
Abridged from www.aetna.com The answer, of course, depends on your needs. But before you can choose, you need to understand the similarities and differences between both types of consumer-directed plans. Encouraging health care consumerism Let’s start with the similarities. The philosophies behind the Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) and the Health Savings Account (HSA) are the…
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Avoiding a “Self Reported” Disability Claim Nightmare | PA Employee Benefits
By Allan Checkoway, RHU http://disabilityandseniorresources.com/ 1,200,100 Social Security Disability applications were filed in 1999 (48 percent or 579,000 were declined). In 2009, ten years later, 2,816,200 Social Security Disability applications were filed (and 65 percent or 1,830,530 were declined). The number of disability applications more than doubled while denials more than tripled. In one year,…
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Benefit Trends for 2016 | Pennsylvania Benefits Broker
Stephen Miller, CEBE, Online Editor/Manager www.shrm.org To hang on to top talent, HR practitioners also will roll out new, creative and customized voluntary benefits. Student loan assistance, anyone? Here’s how benefit experts tell SHRM Online how they plan to do it: Taking Consumerism Up a Notch This often means promoting health care consumerism by shifting…
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Yay for Snow Days! But Can I Work From Home? | Pennsylvania Employee Benefits
Do employers need to pay employees when bad weather forces the office to close? Other feasibility questions/issues might arise, too, especially around public transportation closures and working from home. Do employers need to pay employees if the office is open, but public transportation is closed? Under the FLSA rules, employers do not need to pay…
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IRS Issues 2016 HSA Contribution Limits | Duncansville Benefits Broker
By Stephen Miller CEBS The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced limits for 2016 on contributions to health savings accounts (HSAs) and for out-of-pocket spending under high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) linked to them. In Revenue Procedure 2015-30, issued May 5, 2015, the IRS provided the inflation-adjusted HSA contribution and HDHP minimum deductible and out-of-pocket limits, effective…
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Tips for Having Difficult Conversations with Employees | Duncansville Employee Benefits
WWW.HR360.COM “Meet me in my office. There’s something we need to discuss.” Hearing those words can strike dread in the hearts of employees, which is why so many managers and supervisors are so reluctant to say them. However, the ability to have difficult conversations, and to make those conversations both effective and productive, is an…
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World Cancer Day | LR Webber Associates, Inc
We Can – I Can 4th February – Today is World Cancer Day #WorldCancerDay #WeCanICan Taking place under the tagline ‘We can. I can.’, World Cancer Day 2016-2018 will explore how everyone – as a collective or as individuals – can do their part to reduce the global burden of cancer. Just as cancer affects…
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Steps to Successful Employee Communication | PA Benefits Broker
www.hr360.com According to management expert and dean of Harvard Business School, Nitin Nohria, communication is the real work of leadership. And that doesn’t apply only to Fortune 500 companies. No matter the size of the organization, effective managers must be strong communicators to inspire and lead their teams. Unfortunately, with day-to-day business demands, communication skills…
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Reviewing Your Life Insurance Beneficiaries | Pennsylvania Benefits Broker
www.lifehappens.org Did you know that it may be possible for your money and assets to be tied up in probate court—a year is not uncommon—if you were to die? That’s why it’s important to review the beneficiaries of your life insurance policies and to verify that they will be paid to a named beneficiary (a…
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