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Growing threat: Benefits identity theft


June 24, 2008 by Bill Meltzer
Posted in: Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Employee education, Latest News & Views, Retirement

In the last few years, there’s been a lot of publicity about the fast-growing crime of identity theft. More than half happen in the workplace. Benefits and compensation files are the most vulnerable targets.

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Handling benefits information requests: Dos and don’ts


June 20, 2008 by Bill Meltzer
Posted in: Company culture, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Employee education, Latest News & Views, Wellness

Benefits managers are busy people. Sometimes it’s tempting to deal with more pressing tasks rather than answering routine employee requests for benefits information.

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A 401(k) documentation horror story


June 17, 2008 by Bill Meltzer
Posted in: Employee Retirement Income Security Act, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Our best management idea, Retirement

You can’t always trust 401(k) vendors to automatically get all the details right in their plan documents.

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Who won this case? Employee couldn’t participate in new benefit plan


June 16, 2008 by Bill Meltzer
Posted in: Disability, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Latest News & Views, Open enrollment, Uncategorized

Whenever a company switches benefit plan carriers, there’s always the potential for unexpected problems during the changeover. One common glitch: some employees enrolled in the old plan fall through the cracks when transferring to the new carrier.

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Total compensation statements gone bad


June 2, 2008 by Bill Meltzer
Posted in: Cafeteria plans, Cobra, Compensation, Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs), Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Healthcare costs, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views

Total compensation statements are a proven way to show employees the firm invests a lot more in them than just their salaries. But be careful.

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