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• HIPAA e-Rule Surprises Small Businesses

  BNET - 2006-04-20

  Issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HHS, the HIPAA Security Rule mandates that companies with small health plans - defined as those with less than $5 million in group medical claims - will have to comply with 17 standards, and at least half of the 41...

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• Tipping Point for Cash-Balance Plans?

  BNET - 2006-04-18

  The cash-balance plan is a "Hybrid" that's re-emerging as a middle ground between defined-benefit and defined-contribution plans. Legally it's a DB plan (the employer, not the employee, takes on the financial risk of achieving a preset benefit), but it's structured like a DC plan (somewhat like a 401k, it features...

  Tags: CFO Publishing Corp., 401(k), Retirement Plans, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Investment, Human Resources, Finance

• View From Asia: India Won't Benefit Fully From the Amazing Productivity of Its Companies Unless It Builds a Better Infrastructure for Business

  BNET - 2006-04-01

  India's companies surpass Chinese enterprises in productivity, although most of that productivity is being exported, via the service sector, to distant markets. According to a UBS report, between 1998 and 2003 the average return on capital employed for an Indian firm was 17 percent. China's was 11 percent. India outpaces...

  Tags: India, CFO Publishing Corp., Benefits, Investment, Strategy, Human Resources, Finance, Management

• Sprucing Up the 401(k): With Other Retirement Vehicles in Dire Shape, Plan Sponsors Are Rethinking Their Defined-Contribution Offerings

  BNET - 2006-04-01

  Social Security is projected to become insolvent in 2041, according to its trustees. Traditional pension plans are terminated, frozen, or underfunded with increasing regularity. That leaves the 401k plan to carry the bulk of the retirement load. The trouble is, though, plenty of research suggests that 401k plans, as they...

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• States to Employers: Pay Up

  BNET - 2006-04-01

  Companies that don't provide health-care insurance could soon get a wake-up call. That's because an increasing number of states - 23 at recent count, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures - are considering so-called pay-or-play bills that would force employers either to provide some coverage or pay a...

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• Managing Your "Greatest Asset": Talent-Management Software Can Add Consistency to Compensation Programs and Light a Fire Under "Laggards" in Your Workforce

  BNET - 2006-03-22

  Proxicom turned to a Web-based solution of its own: talent management technology from SuccessFactors. The San Mateo, California-based company is one of a growing number - others include Halogen Software, Authoria, Taleo, and Recruitmax - that are introducing sophisticated talent-management software that's much more user-friendly than in the years past.

  Tags: Asset, Talent, Compensation, CFO Publishing Corp., Talent Management, Workforce, Workforce Management, Human Resources

• The Case Against Health Savings Accounts

  BNET - 2006-03-17

  Many CFOs see health savings accounts as a way to stanch the bleeding. But growing corporate interest in HSAs has been met by a growing backlash by critics and researchers. A creation of the 2003 Medicare act, HSAs do offer employers the hope of curbing their insurance expense. Under the...

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• Another Step for Small-Biz Health Bill

  BNET - 2006-03-16

  The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee voted 11-9 in favor of a bill that would allow business and trade associations to band their members together to offer group health coverage on a national or regional basis. According to a press release by the nonprofit Foundation for Taxpayer and...

  Tags: CFO Publishing Corp., Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources

• Better Performance Reporting and Analysis

  BNET - 2006-02-21

  A forward-looking and analytical view - the ability to conduct what-if analyses, for example - goes to the heart of much of what finance and business unit managers need to manage their companies amid increasing competition, regulatory oversight, and higher investor and board expectations. Executives need to be able to...

  Tags: CFO Publishing Corp., Performance, Analysis, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Performance Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management

• The New Human-Capital Metrics: A Sophisticated Crop of Measurement Tools Could Take the Guesswork Out of Human-Resources Management

  BNET - 2006-02-15

  The human-resources department is in survival mode. As outsourcing the function becomes a more-prevalent option for companies, HR managers know that if they are going to endure, they have to deliver strategic value, and that value has to be measurable. With that in mind, many companies are forging ahead on...

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