Montgomery Township Seeks Savings on Employee Health Care
The Princeton Packet: Township officials are hoping to see big savings under a new personnel policy that will reward township employees for downgrading their health-care benefits if they can prove they have other adequate coverage. The township committee adopted a resolution at its meeting Thursday night to permit employees to waive all or part of their medical, hospitalization and prescription coverage... > read more
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Health Insurance Subsidy Deadline Nears for Laid Off Workers
The Idaho Statesman: Workers who have lost their jobs and health care benefits since Sept. 1, 2008, have until the end of this year to qualify for a 65 percent subsidy under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on the premiums they paid to continue health coverage after they were laid off.... > read more
Employee Benefits - Merger Ahead
Accountancy Age: Over the past 18 months there have been fewer corporate finance transactions than for years and fewer MBOs than at anytime since 1984. While we may need to wait a while longer before transaction volumes reach pre-recession levels, there are signs of an increase in activity, with food giant Kraft’s bid for Cadbury and a proposed merger between Orange and T-Mobile hitting the headlines of late... > read more
Employee Benefits Group Sets Timeline for Goals
The Daily Orange: A Web site will be created before Thanksgiving that allows Syracuse University faculty and staff to learn more about their employee benefits through the university. The Web site will detail the benefits' use and cost, and the benefits compared to those offered in the Central New York market, said Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina... > read more
Smiling on Facebook Costs Canadian Her Insurance
Philippine Daily Inquirer: Facebook can be a double-edged sword, a Canadian woman learned when an insurance company cut her health benefits, claiming she was healthy after seeing pictures of her smiling in bikini at the beach. Nathalie Blanchard, 29, took long-term sick leave from her job at IBM in Bromont, Quebec, more than a year ago for severe depression. She was receiving monthly benefits from her insurance company, Manulife... > read more