USNews & World Report released its 2017-18 hospital rankings. Understanding its relevance and meanings requires an understanding of the consistency of its underlying methodology and data to the needs of the potential patient or other user.
Source: Use Lessons Of Past Mistakes or Injustice To Build Better Future
U.S. employers recruiting or employing workers with high demand skills or experience in the U.S. labor market should reevaluate existing employee retention and recruiting packages and policies and intellectual property safeguards to deal with the increasingly competitive job market reflected in June, 2017 employment data and trends reflected in U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) […]
Proposed immigration reform requires preference for English-speaking, skilled workers.
Employers and employee benefit plan fiduciaries and administrators should consider sharing the free IRS Withholding Calculator resource offered in English, Spanish, and ASL formats with workers in annual employee benefit enrollment packages, new hire paperwork, bonus announcement and other wage related materials and other employee communications to help workers better understand and manage the tax and other effects of their annual employee benefit elections on their take-home pay.
A Facebook Post touting “Not Everyone Is A Doctor or Lawyer” prompts me to ask U.S. business leaders and families for their opinion about how well the U.S. education system works to provide the education and training necessary to provide workers ready to join and succeed in the current and future economy and the workers businesses need. […]
Agents and brokers planning to market health insurance coverage sold through the health care marketplaces established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) should register and participate in one of the upcoming “Plan Year 2018 Registration & Training Overview For Agents and Brokers” sessions offered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services […]
August 28 is the deadline for employers and others to comment on an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposed rule that would modify the agency’s recent beryllium standards for the construction and shipyard sectors. Specifically, the proposed rule would maintain the permissible exposure limits (permissible exposure limit of 0.2 μg/m3 and short-term exposure limit […]
July 13 is the deadline to comment on a Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposed rule that would delay four months the compliance date of its electronic reporting rule, formally called “Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses.” The compliance date would be extended from July 1, 2017, to Dec. 1, 2017 to allow […]
Senate Republican Leaders unveiled their proposal to reform Obamacare on Thursday, the “Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017.” Read the language and share your thoughts here or in our forums on Linkedin or Facebook.
