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Benefits Bulletin                                           Second Quarter, 2012

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Your MacCorkle Team is happy to provide you with this quarterly summary of current issues that impact all in the Employee Benefits field - we encourage you to read this bulletin and engage your MacCorkle representative with any questions.

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In This Issue:
Summary of Benefits and Coverage - Q&A

 

Since the release of final guidance regarding summary of benefits and coverage (SBC) requirements on Feb. 9, 2012, employers have been struggling to understand exactly how this new legislation will impact their organizations. Read on to learn about this new reporting requirement and how it will affect you.

 

Human Resources and Social Media

 

A majority of your employees are likely involved in some kind of social media, so why isn't your HR department? With its ever-increasing popularity, there are numerous ways HR professionals can incorporate social media into routine activities, exploiting its almost limitless potential and increasing efficiency.

 

Myth Buster:  Workplace Rights

 

Can you schedule employee meetings outside normal business hours? Must you give multiple warnings to a bad employee before termination?

 

Even among employers, confusion abounds regarding employee workplace rights. Here are five busted myths to help you sort what is fact and what is fiction.

 

Most Employers to Continue Offering Health Coverage

 

Beginning in 2014, the Affordable Care Act requires employers with more than 50 employees to offer minimal essential health coverage to employees or be subject to a penalty. Recently, employers were asked in a survey sponsored by independent insurance agents if they planned to continue to offer health benefit coverage to their employees after this requirement kicks in.

 

Of nearly 8,000 respondents, an overwhelming 77 percent of employers plan to continue to offer health benefit coverage to their employees.

 

Signature - Bernard CEO