Unless you’re in that ever-so-small minority of companies that foot the entire health insurance bill, you’ve struggled over where to set employee co-pays. Here’s help.

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Tags: Current healthcare premiums, Employee co-pays, Employee Contribution, Healthcare bill, Recent benchmarks

Reimbursing employees via debit cards can streamline your processes and boost participation in these healthcare cost cutters. Just make sure you pick the right vendor for the job.

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Tags: Debit cards, Flex Spending Account (FSA), Health Reimbursement Account (HRA), Health reimbursements, Heath Savings Account (HSA), IRS compliance

It’s tough to put “health care” and “cost cutter” in the same sentence. But employers at their wits’ end are now trying this — with some success.

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Tags: Cost-cutter, Financial incentives, Health care, Healthier employees, Preventative health screenings

When it’s time to sign more people up for your healthcare plan, a little prep can go a long way. Here’s a great battle plan.

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Tags: Ceridian, Healthcare plan, Open enrollment, Payroll pros, Training schedule

Maybe you have to raise employee co-pays again. Or perhaps you’re going to stop offering retiree health benefits. Here’s the best way to communicate unpopular info.

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Tags: Bad news, Buy-in, Employee co-pays, Healthcare plan, Retiree health benefits

Suspect an employee on medical leave is milking the system? You may be surprised to find out how far courts will let you go to prove it …

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Tags: 1984, FMLA leave, Honest suspicion, Medical leave, Migraine heaaches, Spying

We know they’re not perfect, but those rows and columns are the lifeblood of most finance shops.

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Tags: Company spreadsheets, Deloitte, Errors, Finance supervisors, Risk management processes, Touche LLP

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Tags: Chrysler, Detroit, Ford, GM, Government bailout, Homeowners

‘Going green’ is the hottest business trend of late. But for it to pay off, you have to have a solid plan.

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Tags: Certification, Customers, Environment, Green

The reason it’s so tough to delegate? Because so many people do it wrong.

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Tags: Delgate, Grievance, Individual strengths, Management tasks