Benefits Communications Path to Change—Webinar Q&A
I really enjoyed facilitating our May webinars with EBN and SHRM and introducing our attendees to the Benefits Communications Path to Change. We ta...
Gauge Open Enrollment Success with Employee Survey Hacks
Are you measuring your open enrollment success? Getting your employees engaged with their benefits is the ultimate milestone. If you’re like most c...
A Message to CFO’s – the ACA isn’t just an HR Problem
I recently returned from an industry conference for Financial Leadership, GFOA http://gfoa.org/conference), and I was surprised to hear that most ...
A Common ACA Compliance Challenge—SSN Mismatch Errors
SSN Mismatch Errors Those who are in any way familiar with ACA forms 1095-C and 1094-C electronic submissions to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)...
ACA Penalties Keep Rolling In—The IRS Means Business
Since November 2016 there have been two intensive efforts to repeal the ACA resulting in exactly zero changes to the ACA’s Employer Mandate, as dis...
Consider Generational Differences In Your Benefits Communications Plan
Having a benefits communications plan is critical if you want to engage your employees, help them choose the best benefits, and increase their sati...
Still Think the ACA Was Repealed in 2017?
Here’s what you need to know Now that we are past the deadline for employers to submit their 2017 ACA compliance reports to the IRS, we can r...
More Details on ACA Employer Mandate Penalties Released
We understand how employers can find it difficult to identify any level of transparency around how the IRS prioritizes companies for ACA compliance...
HSA Rollover: What To Tell Your Employees
There are numerous decisions that both employees and employers must make when it comes to healthcare plans. One particularly common area of concern...
3 Signs it Might Be Time to Rewrite Your Employee Benefits FAQs
As a benefits professional, building plans to suit your employees is only part of your job. Most weeks, you probably spend hours thinking through h...
ACA Penalties for 2015 Have Arrived
It took a while, but the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is actively sending invoices to collect taxes from employers from the 2015 filing. We are h...
Getting Employees to Open and Use an HSA After Open Enrollment
It’s a challenge that’s common for benefits teams. Even when your employees make informed benefits decisions, sometimes there’s a gap between choos...