Dependent Care
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No Penalties for Employers Not Offering Dependent Coverage: Employer Group
Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, employers are to be assessed $2,000 per full-time employee if they do not offer coverage to employees in 2014. Regulators have yet to issue definitive guidance on the penalty.
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Audit Causes Some Family Members of Minnesota State Workers to Lose Health Benefits
Approximately 3,100 people were deemed ineligible for state-sponsored health care in a recent audit of Minnesota's employee benefits program.
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Cisco Systems Takes Telemedicine From Coast to Coast
Using its own system, the California technology company takes care of employees at its headquarters and in North Carolina. In India, employees at four locations can access care through the Bangalore office.
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Administration Lays Out Annual Dollar Limits on Student Health Care Plans
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said student health insurance policies must provide annual coverage limits for essential benefits of at least $500,000 for policy years beginning on or after Sept. 23, 2012, but before Jan. 1, 2014.
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Survey: Health Care Reform Law Driving Employers' Group Health Costs Up
The survey indicated that only 27 percent of responding employers have determined what it has cost their company to comply with the health care reform law in the two years since its implementation.
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Amendments to FMLA's Military Leave Provisions Proposed
The Labor Department said the proposal released Jan. 30 implements amendments to the military leave provisions of the FMLA made by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2010.
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Majority of Workers to Be Independent By 2020
Independent workers include those on fixed-term contracts, independent consultants, those working through temporary agencies, workers on an on-call arrangement and those who own a business with less than five employees.
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Employment-Based Coverage Fell Sharply During Great Recession: Analysis
The drop in employment-based coverage is directly linked to the slump in the economy, according to the analysis, which is based on U.S. Census Bureau data.
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Mercer: Group Health Care Costs Climb 6.1 Percent as Cost per Employee Tops $10K
Amid steadily rising costs, employers, especially larger organizations, continue to take action to try to hold down cost increases to more manageable levels, according to the Mercer survey.
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Half of Working Women Who Gave Birth did not Receive Paid Maternity Leave: Census
Two-thirds of women who were given maternity leave were able to return to work within a year of their first pregnancy, according to the U.S. Census Bureau in Washington.
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Feds Say 1 Million Young Adults Gain Health Insurance
A 3.5 percentage-point increase over last year represents 1 million additional young adults with insurance, the Department of Health and Human Services said in releasing results from a survey by the National Center for Health Statistics, an HHS unit.
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Some Employers Are Thinking Outside the Benefits Box
At some companies, benefits sweeteners can extend beyond health and dental in an effort to better retain employees even after the job market improves. Some of the less-routine perks include pet insurance, elder care, free personal trainers and a $500 allowance toward a commuter bike purchase.
