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This benefits update is a feature presented by Oswald’s Strategic Accounts Group.

Inertia can set in as employers struggle to balance escalating benefits costs with organizational financial targets. For employers, passing along higher costs to employees seems to be the easiest and most traditional way to sustain benefits programs. Meanwhile, employees often passively enroll in same original plan they chose when first…

COLUMBUS – July 19, 2019 – Aaron Witwer, Team Leader, Senior Health Management Consultant, will serve as a panelist at the 14th Annual Ohio Employee Health & Wellness Conference. The conference, taking place Tuesday, Aug. 20 at Embassy Suites Columbus Airport, will provide useful tools and strategies for developing healthy…

What if you woke up one day and through no fault of your own – your salary was reduced by 40 percent. You weren’t demoted, fired or boldly in the throes of a disruptive career change. It’s a safe assumption the impact would be significant. You and your family’s world…

Is your company up to the challenge of attracting and retaining the top performers needed to drive your business? Recruiting and retention has taken on a “Game of Thrones” approach where the competition is fierce to land the right candidate. And despite what most pundits say about millennials – Forbes…

Join us, Wednesday, June 19 at Kenwood Country Club, as we discuss innovative strategies in population health management. Key topics include: Preferred Risk Pooling Oswald Lean Wellness Strategies & Coaching Health Academy Oswald Direct Primary Care Agenda: Registration and Networking: 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Program: 4:00 p.m. – 5:00…

Since Michigan’s new Paid Medical Leave Act went into effect on March 29, 2019, most employers with at least 50 employees are now required to provide up to 40 hours of paid time off for eligible employees each year. Which Employers and Employees are Exempt from the New Law? Certain employers…

Join Oswald, Guardian and Paylocity on Tuesday, June 18 at The Country Club at Muirfield Village, for a wine tasting paired with hors d’oeuvres, to learn how other Central Ohio employers are using innovative benefits, HR and risk management strategies to win in this competitive labor market. Guardian will kick-off…

Join Oswald, Guardian and Paycor on Thursday, May 16 at Lakewood Country Club, for a wine tasting and to learn how other Northeast Ohio employers are beating healthcare trend. Guardian will kick-off the event with a session worth 1 SHRM professional development credit entitled Voluntary Benefits to Improve Workforce Well-Being.…

Global mobility has increased in the past 10 years, according to a study by the National Foreign Trade Council. The same study reports that the number of longer-term (six months or more) expatriated employees has decreased and shorter-term assignments of less than six months continue to benefit companies through the…