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The Federal Employees Health Benefits ( FEHB) Program is a system of "managed competition" through which employee health benefits are provided to civilian government employees and annuitants of the United States government. The government contributes 72% of the weighted average premium of all plans, not to exceed 75% of the premium for any one ...
Effective by January 1, 2014, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will impose a $2000 per employee tax penalty on employers with over 50 employees who do not offer health insurance to their full-time workers. (In 2008, over 95% of employers with at least 50 employees offered health insurance.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) prohibits a health benefit plan from refusing to cover an employee's pre-existing medical conditions in some circumstances. It also bars health benefit plans from certain types of discrimination on the basis of health status, genetic information, or disability.
Your current employment status is not a factor in whether or not you’re eligible for Medicare at age 65. ... (fewer than 20 employees) or have a health insurance plan through your employer with ...
Willie B. Thomas/Getty Images. Researchers say 4-day workweeks can improve employee health and well-being as well as reduce sick days. They add the shorter workweek can even boost productivity and ...
inability to concentrate or pay attention to work tasks and trouble retaining or remembering things, especially new information. making excessive errors in daily work tasks. an increase or ...
For decades, researchers have seen an association between shift work and the risk of heart attacks and heart disease. One review of the research found that shift work seems to raise the risk of ...
The goal of a biometric screening is to give a snapshot of your health and alert you to any changes in your health status. The screening may be offered by your employer, your union, a public ...