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There is currently a wide range of ages in the workforce — people with a variety of backgrounds and beliefs — so it can be tough to create a culture that all want to be part of. Thankfully, useful trends are emerging. To compete for employees in 2022, companies had…

It’s More Than Just Numbers on a Sheet The clock starts the day your health plan renews, and how you use your claims data throughout the year can have a (positive or negative) financial impact on your next renewal. Data is only as valuable as what you do with it.…

Watch as Gene Pompili, vice president, risk leader, employee benefits at Oswald Companies, speaks with David Wright, CFO of University Schools, about joining the Independent School Benefits Consortium™ and what that has meant for him and University Schools.  

Purchasing employee health insurance for the average-sized, independent school can be a challenge. Watch as Kurt Meinberg talks about the Independent School Benefits Consortium™ (ISBC) as a solution.  

Social determinants of health such as poverty, access to health care, education, and race impact the foundation of our community, and we must work collectively toward finding ways to address these issues. Addressing population health and social determinants requires a collaborative effort between government, hospitals, community health care providers and other…

We have all seen the ads for designer drugs, promising to fix serious illnesses and even issues that may not be life threatening but can impact our quality of life. Some may even help you lose weight. Those drugs sound great but they come at a price – and employers…

This past year brought potential changes to Michigan employment law that will significantly level the playing field for minimum wage and sick leave benefits – and most employers will likely need to make policy changes to comply. Though legal challenges to these new laws continue, they are currently expected to…

Join us for a webinar, Wednesday, Jan. 18 at 10 a.m. EST, to introduce The Galleri Test: A new blood test for cancer screening and how employers can elect to add this service to their existing employee benefits portfolio. Our panel will review the background, research and technology behind the…

With a limited labor pool, today’s marketplace is pressuring employers to enhance their employee benefits offering in order to attract personnel while retaining current employees. Simultaneously, health care costs continue to increase, so upgrading benefit offerings appears unattainable. It isn’t. Oswald Companies’ William Grebenc, an employee benefits advisor, sees consistent opportunities…

Earlier this year, the Michigan Court of Claims entered an Order finding that the Michigan Legislature’s “adopt and amend” strategy used in 2018 to prevent the Earned Sick Time Act and the Improved Workforce Opportunity Act was illegal. As a result, those two statutes will come into effect on Feb.…