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The purposes of this study were to develop and validate a measure of unmet resource needs of the caregivers of survivors of stroke and to describe the caregivers' unmet needs [...]

Manchester developer and entrepreneur Dick Anagnost had determined he would have to lay off about a third of his 155 employees at one of his companies, a trucking firm, because [...]

A dilemma faces governments and their employees on the promised provision of retiree health care benefits. Unlike pension systems that are pre-funded through employer and employee contributions, the provision of [...], This paper reports on a survey on retiree health care benefits in the American local governments. With GASB 45 requiring reporting of their unfunded liabilities for other (non-pension) post employment benefits, local governments are now challenged with a dilemma of finding funds or reducing benefits. The survey examines perceived effects of health care benefits on human resources goals (recruitment, retention, and retirement), the current structure of local government retiree health care programs, and measures under consideration and/or adopted to deal with retiree health care costs. Survey results show that the local governments have adopted cost containment strategies and cost-sharing programs. With financial options limited, programmatic choices focus on termination, cost shedding, cost sharing, and preventive and wellness. They have slowly begun to introduce preventive medicine and wellness efforts while continuing with further cost sharing. A few local governments have even begun to contemplate major cost shedding options (although very few are considering terminating benefits).

I. Cases 162 A. U.S. Supreme Court 162 1. Cigna Corp. v. Amara 162 2. United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation 165 B. Circuit Courts 167 1. Cyr v. Reliance [...]

The International Foundation has developed a broad employee benefits survey to benchmark the benefits offerings and design of four distinct employment sectors throughout the United States and Canada. International Foundation and International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists members were surveyed online in spring 2010, resulting in 1,315 responses from multiemployer benefit plans, corporations, professional service firms and public employers. U.S. paid-time-off highlights from the Employee Benefits Survey: U.S. and Canada 2011 follow.

I. Cases 304 A. U.S. Supreme Court 304 B. Circuit Courts of Appeals 305 1. McCauley v. First Unum Life Insurance Co. 305 2. Chronister v. Unum Life Insurance Company [...]

EFFECT OF COVID-19 ON EMPLOYEE BENEFITS Artemis Health surveyed over 300 benefits professionals at companies with at least 5,000 employees. HOW WILL YOUR BENEFITS PRIORITIES SHIFT IN THE NEXT 12 [...]

If you were to guess what percentage of the population is neurodivergent--that is, whose brains function and process information differently than most people--what would you say (without searching the internet)? [...]

I. Cases A. U.S. Supreme Court 1. LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg & Associates, Inc 2. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Glenn B. Circuit Courts of Appeals Cases 1. Golden Gate [...]

In the spring of 2009, Spencer's Benefits Reports surveyed employers and health plan administrators about their experience with health coverage portability through COBRA continuation of coverage. This is the 16th [...]

This section of the Review presents the principal statistical series collected and calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics: series on labor force; employment; unemployment; labor compensation; consumer, producer, and [...]

Employers that utilize best practices tend to perform better than their peers, but how do you define best practices for companies with health management programs? StayWell Health Management recently completed [...]

This section of the Review presents the principal statistical series collected and calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics: series on labor force; employment; unemployment; labor compensation; consumer, producer, and [...]

The nonprofit Midwest Business Group on Health (MBGH) has released the results of a survey it conducted with Fs and health care industry stakeholders in its region regarding their knowledge [...]

The provision of voluntary benefits, including life insurance and dental and long-term care, is encouraged to help employers address employee retention, cost control and employees' financial concerns. MetLife research shows that 44% of employees would like to have access to financial planning advice. Tips on benefits management and other survey results are discussed.

Towers Perrin conducted the first pulse survey for its HR Council (HKHRC) members on Work Life Balance Benefits, Programs and Arrangements in August 2006. The response to that survey was [...]

Based on member requests and need, the International Foundation has developed a broad survey to benchmark the benefit offerings and design of four distinct employment sectors throughout the United States and Canada. Members of both the International Foundation and the International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists were surveyed online in 2008, resulting in 920 responses from multiemployer benefit plans, corporations, professional service firms and public employers. These responses were compiled and analyzed to produce the second annual survey, Employee Benefits Survey: U.S. and Canada 2009. Some U.S. health care benefit highlights appear below.

Nearly six in 10 middle-income Americans say they feel more financially secure as a result of financial and insurance benefits they receive through their employer, according to a study by [...]

I. Introduction II. Survey of Case Law A. U.S. Supreme Court B. U.S. Courts of Appeals 1. Hitchcock v. Cumberland University 403(b) DC Plan 2. Orzechowski v. Boeing Co. Non-Union [...]