Oct 282007

Questions Concerning Severance & Separation Agreements

One topic I get a lot of questions about is severance and separation agreements.
Generally, severance refers to giving an exiting employee a monetary bonus or settlement above and beyond their regular compensation. A separation agreement usually refers to an agreement wherein the exiting employee promises not to sue, file a regulatory agency complaint, take business [...]

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Oct 152007

2008 Projected Employer Health Care Costs

Paul Shaheen, my associate from The Horton Group, an employer benefits brokerage and consultancy, sent me their latest LegalEase newsletter today. It’s worth posting because it’s an in-depth and fascinating article concerning projected employer health care costs for 2008.
2008 Per-Employee Health Care Costs To Exceed $9,300; Wide Disparities Foreseen
By Stephen Miller, October 2007
[From SHRM [...]

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Mar 182007

Obese Police: Firms Force Workers to Slim Down

No, the above title doesn’t refer to doughnut eating cops, it’s about an increasingly popular tool to reduce healthcare costs and increase workplace productivity - wellness programs.
Crain’s Chicago Business recently published the following article about wellness programs. It cites a program implemented by my associates over at The Horton Group for their own employees (I’ve [...]

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