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Last week, on October 7, 2015, President Obama signed legislation called the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees (PACE) Act that amends the Affordable Care Act (ACA) definition of a “small employer” for the purpose of purchasing health insurance coverage.
Let’s face it, work injuries are going to happen. Medical costs are going to continue to increase. Lawyers are going to continue to knock insurance companies in order to snatch up clients.
So how are you going to mitigate your losses? The time has come for employers to shake their cynicism about work injuries and injured workers.
Yes, there will always be those who want to “work the system.” But the fact is, the majority of workers compensation claims are legitimate.
Confined spaces have long been recognized as a large exposure in many industries. Most of this exposure, however, is controlled with proper planning.
Within the last couple of years, there have been some changes with regards to what needs to be included in your driver qualification files. Many people struggle with determining what truly needs to be in the files and what does not. They also get different opinions from different individuals (HR professionals, insurance reps, auditors, etc.)
Strong organizational culture is an asset to be leveraged for the long haul.
OSHA has published its main initiatives this year for preventing injuries at the workplace. In this list is a timely topic: heat safety.
According to the CDC around 700 individuals succumb to all that is Mother Nature during these hot summer months. The common thing in all of these cases? They are 100 percent controllable.
It is our responsibility to educate our workers to make sure that they do not fall into one of these statistics!
Imagine this scenario: You have an employee who's been injured on the job. Chiropractic care is a treatment option. You can't choose the chiropractor for them, but you hope that your employee finds a chiropractor who's committed to improving your worker's wellness and will help your worker move on if treatment isn't progressing.
Data can be a gamechanger in the trucking industry. Our systems gather all kinds of information – speed, idle time, fuel efficiency, claims and losses, citations, and more.
You’ve probably been hearing the phrase “start with why” a lot lately in the business world. It comes from a book and TED talk of the same name by Simon Sinek. The idea is that your organization can’t reach its full potential unless everyone understands the reasons behind what you do — and buys into them.
It is often said that it is more difficult to maintain top performance than to climb the mountain to achieve that top performance in the first place.
HNI works with high-performing companies to help them address the hidden risks in their business and avoid The Insurance Dependency Trap. This is done by proactively DE-RISKING their business so they can be less dependent on insurance.
HNI also offers the basic services of insurance and employee benefits. HNI has offices in Milwaukee, Chicago, and Minneapolis.