I work for a non-profit health care organization. My director came to my office with some glossy brochures of projects the organization is working on. I was asked if I would be interested in making a payroll deduction to help meet these goals. When I asked if she could leave...
Payroll deduction has proved successful in Virginia and is now fully implemented in Washington, Colorado and Louisiana. Interest in payroll deduction is growing daily. The following states and the District of Columbia are in some form of discussion concerning payroll deduction: Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Missouri...
America's Community Bankers and COMPAC, ACB's political action committee, on Aug. 29 petitioned the Federal Election Commission to make it easier for certain individuals to make campaign contributions by using payroll deductions.
The Federal Election Commission has given the go-ahead to political action committees to use automatic payroll deduction to help finance campaign activities, giving a potential boost to both CUNA and its rival banking groups."This will allow credit unions The Federal Election Commission has given the go-ahead to political action committees...
AUSTIN, Texas -- Xplore Technologies Corp. (OTCBB:XLRT) announced today that it expects to adopt an Employee Stock Purchase Plan to encourage employee ownership in the Company's common stock. The Plan will be available to all employees. Pursuant to the Plan, subject to limited exceptions, Xplore employees will be allowed to...
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Standard Insurance Company ("The Standard"), a subsidiary of StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: SFG), introduces a new Long Term Disability LTD insurance product to help educators and other school employees protect their incomes. Designed with flexibility in mind, this Group Voluntary LTD from The Standard...
First health insurance Company offering the CLEAR Card with no annual membership fee CLEVELAND, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- E-Duction, Inc., a leading provider of payroll deduction solutions, is offering the CLEAR Card as an out-of-pocket payment option for Medical Mutual of Ohio's healthcare plans. Clients...
NEW YORK, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the Internal Revenue Service, an estimated 79 million U.S. workers are not participating in a retirement plan in their workplace, despite a recent AARP survey that revealed 76 percent of Americans 50 and older would like one. ...
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Vyoma Nair, co-founder of Nair & Co, talks about opportunities the weak dollar presents to U.S. companies expanding internationally. American goods have become more competitive globally and increasing numbers of companies in the United States are employing people overseas to service their foreign customers....
Cristian C. Baeza and Truman G. Packard, Beyond Survival: Protecting Households from Health Shocks in Latin America. Washington, DC/Stanford: World Bank/Stanford University Press, 2006. Figures, tables, glossary, executive summary, bibliography, index, 170 pp.; paperback $35. The stated goal of this study is to "persuade policymakers [in Latin American...
Setting a record for success, CH2M HILLemployees around the world have raised more than $170,000 in employeecontributions to help Water For People, an international nonprofit thathelps people in developing countries by supporting locally sustainabledrinking water resources, sanitation facilities, and health and hygieneeducation programs. Not only did employee donations...
I recently wrote approvingly about physicians identifying Medicare for all as one feasible way of financing and delivering universal health care. Medicare is a single payer program financed in large part by tax receipts and administered by the federal government. Believe it or...
Primarily in response to the recent credit crunch in the United States, including mortgage foreclosures, the IRS recently issued Publication 4681, "Canceled Debts, Foreclosures, Repossessions and Abandonments." While the primary focus of the publication relates to homeowners caught in the immediate "mortgage meltdown,"...
Europ Assistance USA, the professional allyfor people in crisis or distress, announces the availability of their IDTheft Resolution Services packaged specifically for employees to selectduring their benefits open enrollment. In an effort to maintain employeepeace of mind and when facing identity theft, the offer consists of acomprehensive bundle...
There is a serious shortfall happening to Canadian business owners. Business Owners who are nearing retirement age, will not be able to achieve anywhere near the level of income they are used to when they retire; whereas executives at large Canadian Companies have their pensions funded at 70%...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Rockwell Collins today announced additional details around how employees, retirees, customers, suppliers and other friends of the company can make financial donations to the newly established Rockwell Collins Flood Recovery Fund. The fund is in addition to an initial company contribution of $2...
In his address at the National Academy of Social Insurance in January, Dr. Uwe Reinhardt, a top health-care policy expert, related our approach to health insurance to who we are as a nation and people. Reinhardt, James Madison professor of political economy at...
At a time when the world is focused on differences - be they political, religious, or just matters of taste - Phil Korman, executive director of South Deerfield-based Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture CISA, said his organization focuses on the one thing that we all share, and always have....
Employers can jump-start employees' retirement savings through automatic enrollment in their company's 401k plan ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Paychex, Inc. has announced the addition of auto enrollment as an optional plan feature of its 401k offerings, which will allow employers to automatically enroll their employees in...
Voluntary benefits programs can help employees without hurting the employer's bottom line Employers realize that their employees have needs for financial protection that they don't provide with their employee benefit programs-but they can't afford to pay for any more insurance, says Jim Stengle, vice president of...
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