employers

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  PPACA may slow hiring at 41% of small businesses

  By Allison Bell  |  May 13, 2013

  Only 5 percent of owners are expecting the law to lower their health care spending.

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  Voluntary benefits growing in importance among employers

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  March 21, 2013

  Nearly 60 percent of employers say that voluntary benefits are a “significant benefits strategy.”

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  Employees favor benefits insulated from market gyrations

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  January 28, 2013

  U.S. workers would accept a smaller salary increase for a retirement benefit that doesn't change with market performance.

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  Olive Garden owner: PPACA backlash is a concern

  By Candice Choi and Michelle Chapman  |  December 20, 2012

  Darden won't turn full-timers into part-timers to avoid the coverage mandate, the CEO says.

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  Survey Finds High Commitment Level to Employer-Provided Health Care Benefits

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  August 27, 2012

  In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of PPACA, 88% of large employers say they still want to provide health benefits for their active employees.

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  PPACA: Producers Defend Current Stop-Loss Rules

  By Allison Bell  |  August 14, 2012

  Producers and TPAs have asked the NAIC to maintain smaller employers' access to self-insurance.

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  Aon Hewett: Encouraging Employees to Reduce Health Risks Is Top Challenge of Employers

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  August 8, 2012

  Sixty-five percent of the surveyed companies say that motivating employee participants to adopt measures that reduce health risk factors is their top challenge. Smaller percentages of the surveyed companies cite other factors as top challenges.

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  Mercer: Most Employers Haven’t Met PPACA’s 2014 Requirements

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  July 10, 2012

  Most employers have yet to develop a strategy to meet requirements that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will impose on employers beginning in 2014, new research reveals.