Employee Benefits
One topic I get a lot of questions about is severance and separation agreements. Generally, severance refers to giving an exiting employee a monetary bonus or settlement above and beyond their regular compensation. A separation agreement usually refers to an agreement wherein the exiting employee promises not to sue, file a regulatory agency complaint, take [...]
Paul Shaheen, my associate from The Horton Group, an employer benefits brokerage and consultancy, sent me their latest LegalEase newsletter today. It’s worth posting because it’s an in-depth and fascinating article concerning projected employer health care costs for 2008. 2008 Per-Employee Health Care Costs To Exceed $9,300; Wide Disparities Foreseen By Stephen Miller, October 2007 [...]
No, the above title doesn’t refer to doughnut eating cops, it’s about an increasingly popular tool to reduce healthcare costs and increase workplace productivity – wellness programs. Crain’s Chicago Business recently published the following article about wellness programs. It cites a program implemented by my associates over at The Horton Group for their own employees [...]
Paul Shaheen, Vice President of The Horton Group (an insurance broker that provides risk management and employee benefits to businesses of all sizes), provided me with a copy of their employer benefits survey. It provides an interesting overview concerning what businesses should consider when choosing benefits plans. The following is a selection of topics from [...]
In my previous post, I discussed the concept of employers utilizing services provided by faith based organizations (e.g., synagogues, mosques, churches and temples), social services agencies and community organizations, on behalf of their employees. Well, I have worked with clients to successfully incorporate these third party services into human resources planning. Generally, this is done [...]
