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COBRA coverage is a sound health coverage option for your employees (and their dependents) when they experience a qualifying event. But it’s an expensive one, for both you and them. COBRA members pay 100% of the cost of COBRA, and...

If you rely on the honor system for your company’s benefits enrollment, you could be picking up the tab for ex-spouses, adult children, or others who are not eligible to be covered. On average, we’ve found that 3-5% of the...

When you work in human resources, multi-tasking isn’t just part of the job. It is the job! Human resources professionals are skilled leaders in a number of areas within a business, including benefits administration, employee training, development, relations, recruitment, and...

COBRA can provide important health insurance security when you’ve experienced job loss or another qualifying event. And election of COBRA can affect your ability to use the reimbursement accounts in which you were participating prior to your COBRA eligibility. In...

It’s 2023! To kick off another year of providing you with the employee benefits tips and information you need, we wanted to look back at your favorite blog posts from the last year. Here are our top 10 blog posts...

Congratulations, benefits professionals! You've accomplished another year's open enrollment! Whether you survived — or thrived — you have an opportunity to lead your organization's benefit evaluation. It's time to charge full speed ahead with your open enrollment aftermath strategy. By...

When you participate in a flexible spending account (FSA), you’re putting money into an account before it is taxed so you can save on eligible expenses. There are four common types of FSAs. One of them — a combination FSA...

Supporting employee wellness needs is a job that’s never done. Needs evolve. Tools evolve. Budgets evolve. Despite all of the changes we expected to see in 2022, employee wellness remains top of mind for human resources teams and benefits professionals....

Medical flexible spending accounts (medical FSAs) are use-or-lose accounts. There are limits as to whether (or how much of) your employees’ FSA funds can be carried over into the next plan year.  How well do your employees understand their FSA's...

Health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) are an employee benefits staple, making up about one-fifth of all health employee benefits accounts. But they’ve also evolved in recent years, with three increasingly popular types of HRAs rolled out since 2017. While you can...