Employee Dishonesty: Insurance Coverage for Employee Theft
Submitted by Hummel Group on Fri, 09/13/2019 - 9:05amEmployee theft is generally defined as an employee’s unauthorized use, theft or misuse of business assets.
Employee theft is generally defined as an employee’s unauthorized use, theft or misuse of business assets.
According to the annual Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust employer health benefits survey, over half of large employers have embraced telemedicine, with 63% offering health care services through this method.
Of these employers, 33 percent offer financial incentives to receive health care services this way, as opposed to an in-person physician visit.
In late February 2017, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) extended an existing transition policy for certain health plans that do not comply with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for an additional year, to policy years beginning on or before Oct. 1, 2018.
During this transition period, health coverage in the individual or small group market that meets certain criteria will not be considered to be out of compliance with the ACA's market reforms.
Becoming health care literate can be complicated. Knowing your benefits and their costs can be a daunting task for anyone.
In fact, being health care literate might be even harder than you think.
Hours after the new congress convened on Jan. 3, 2017, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Sen. Mike Enzi, R-WY, introduced a resolution that serves as Republican lawmakers' first steps to repealing and replacing the ACA.
President-elect Donald Trump will be inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2017. In a video address published in late November, Trump released a plan for his first 100 days in office.
In late October, the IRS released Revenue Procedure 2016-55 (Rev. Proc. 16-55). Rev. Proc. 16-55 increased the flexible spending account (FSA) dollar limit on voluntary employee salary reduction contributions to $2,600 for taxable years beginning in 2017.
As part of the Disability Employment Initiative (DEI), the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently awarded a total of $14.9 million in grants to six states. The specific amount awarded to each state is as follows:
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) amended the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to require employers to provide the following to nursing mothers for one year after birth of their child: