employee benefit

IIM grads flying high

AHMEDABAD: The first batch of IIM Ahmedabad's post-graduate programme for executives (PGPX) is going places. A student has bagged the highest domestic salary yet, notching up to the tune of Rs 40...

Ownership Changeover: Liberty Media

Pending an approval from MLB, Time Warner will have finally let go of the Atlanta Braves. A year of negotiations have come to an end as TW and Liberty Media struck a deal that moves the team, some...

More thoughts on Blogging Guidelines for Employees (or, "what might make a good Corporate Blogging G

Reading this post from WebSG, where it cited the Prime Minister of Singapore suggestion for government agencies to try out "new mediums", I decided to revisit this topic (see earlier related posts...

Getting What We Pay For

In this month's issue of Employee Benefit Advisor magazine (a trade journal for us health insurance geeks), business journalist Maggie Mahar posits that, when it comes to the current state of health...

The Golden Years, Redux?

Just a few months ago, we reported that a lot of folks worried that they'd be working even after they'd formally "retired." Turns out, many of them underestimated their own nest eggs.The survey on...

Taking Time (Off, that is)

Generally speaking, we use the term "benefits" to describe various things covered by insurance policies. But that's by no means an exhaustive definition; retirement plans, for example, are benefits,...

Girls & Boys...

One of the conditions that give insurance underwriters much trouble is diabetes. This is due, in part, to the "elastic" nature of the condition: adult vs juvenile onset, insulin vs diet control,...

Blacks, Hispanics Lag in Planning for Retirement, Poll Finds

June 6, 2007By Harriet Johnson Brackey Fewer people are saving for retirement these days, but Hispanics and blacks are falling farther behind in setting money aside, a new poll shows. The Employee...

REGULATIONS ISSUED – EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGING IN PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS

The IRS has released final and proposed regulations dealing with the application of Code Section 4965 and the reporting requirements relating to that Section. Section 4965 imposes entity-level and...

Turbo-Charging your Workers Comp Program with your EAP

If you ask employers to describe an employee assistance program, they’ll usually talk about resources and services to solve employee personal problems. They’ll describe it as an employee benefit. And...

"SAS" (and we don't mean Special Forces)

I have a client/friend who occasionally has too much time on his hands, so he calls to "chew the fat." I really don't often mind, because he's an interesting fellow, and sometimes I need a break,...