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How Health Care Reform Act Protects Whistleblowers

by Barb Rand

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BARB RAND
HNI Compliance Advisor

Along with changing the face of health benefits, the Affordable Care Act also offers whistleblower protection to employees.

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Topics: Construction Transportation Manufacturing

Health Care Reform Fee is Due July 31

by Barb Rand

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BARB RAND
HNI Compliance Advisor

The IRS recently issued the revised IRS Form 720 (Quarterly Federal Excise Tax Return) and instructions for the PCORI fees. For calendar year plans, this form must be filed by July 31 for the plan year ending in 2012.

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Topics: Construction Transportation Manufacturing

Safety Habit Could Change Industry... and Your Life

by Morgan Bakies

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MORGAN BAKIES
Chemical Engineering Student, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

The din of machinery fills my ears, even when obstructed by earplugs. Above me, pipes soar stretching, twisting, meeting, turning. I follow a large white tube with a finger stretched to the sky. My eyes and feet follow it while my body is carried along for the ride.

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Topics: Construction Transportation Safety / Compliance Manufacturing

Two Lessons in Emergency Planning from the Asiana Plane Crash

by Chad Tisonik

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CHAD TISONIK
HNI Wisconsin President

The plane crash July 6 of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 in San Francisco offers great insight about emergency planning. While three people were killed in the crash, 304 survived.

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Topics: Construction Transportation Safety / Compliance Manufacturing

How to Customize an Onsite Care Program

by Patty Murphy

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PATTY MURPHY
HNI Health Systems Consultant

Onsite care started out as a way for large manufacturers to treat work injuries. More recently, onsite clinics have been used to manage health costs and to increase productivity among employees of many types of employers. Like concierge medicine and private health exchanges, onsite care clinics support the idea that healthy employees help control employer health care costs.

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Topics: Construction Transportation Manufacturing HR / Employee Benefits

Pay or Play Health Care Reform Penalties Delayed Until 2015

by Barb Rand

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BARB RAND
HNI Compliance Advisor

The Obama administration announced Tuesday plans to delay by one year the enforcement of the employer pay or play health care reform penalty.

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Topics: Construction Transportation Manufacturing HR / Employee Benefits

3 Reasons Why Your C-Suite Needs to Get Social

by Erin Van Handel

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ERIN VAN HANDEL
HNI Marketing Coordinator 

Savvy business leaders always are looking for new ways to leverage their company's brand. But why is it that less than half of CEOs participate on social media sites?

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Topics: Construction Transportation Manufacturing

Wellness Strategies for the Baby Boomer Workplace

by Gwen Snyder

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GWEN SNYDER
HNI Account Executive 

Baby boomers have unique wellbeing needs, and as long as they're part of the workforce, it's up to employers to offer wellness strategies customized for this mature population. Their wellbeing is more than blood pressure and weight management. Boomers also need programs to address fiscal health and the health of family members, especially their elderly parents.

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Topics: Construction Transportation Manufacturing HR / Employee Benefits

Looking for a Soapbox? [A Call for Guest Bloggers]

by Erin Van Handel

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ERIN VAN HANDEL
HNI Marketing Coordinator 

We love social media (just check us out on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn) here at HNI. And in the spirit of "social," we've decided to turn over our blog... to you!

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Topics: Construction Transportation Manufacturing

Damage Control: The Ins and Outs of Property Claims

by Jennifer Fredrick

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JENNIFER FREDERICK
HNI Post Loss Administrator

Unless you're the luckiest person in the world, there's a good chance that eventually you'll need to report a property damage claim for your home, apartment, condominium, or business at some point. (That's what insurance is for, right?)

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Topics: Construction Transportation Manufacturing
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