Legislative News

Agencies Issue Final Rules for Mental Health Parity Act Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

Federal agencies have issued long-awaited regulations on providing parity for employees enrolled in group health plans who need treatment for mental health or substance use disorders.

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Senate Restores COBRA Provision National Underwriter Company Arthur D. Postal

The U.S. Senate finally passed legislation Tuesday night restoring eligibility for 30 days to a provision that allows laid-off people to receive unemployment insurance and COBRA health insurance benefits through December 31, 2010.

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News

Medicare Secondary Payer Reports Deadline Moved To Jan. 1 National Underwriter Company Arthur D. Postal

To the relief of workers’ compensation insurers and self-insured risk managers, the government has extended their deadline for reporting under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act until next year.

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Social Networking Policies: Best Practices For Companies The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel

Rudimentary forms of social networking have existed for more than a decade, but the past few years have witnessed an incredible increase in the use of social networking tools (sometimes called "Web 2.0").

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Obama Health Care Reform Bill Calls For Health Insurer Rate Regulation National Underwriter Company Arthur D. Postal

Authority to regulate health insurers at the federal level—including the power to roll back rate increases—will be included in President Obama's proposal for a new health care reform bill.

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Benefits

Employee Wellbeing: Taking Engagement and Performance to the Next Level Towers Watson

Not just companies, but employees, too, have been hit hard by the recession. Even with increasing signs of economic recovery on the horizon, unemployment rates are at their highest in decades.

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Wellness Programs as an Employee Retention Tool Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

Forty-five percent of Americans working at small to medium-sized companies say that they would stay at their jobs longer because of employer-sponsored wellness programs, according to the latest Principal Financial Well-Being Index.

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