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Section 125 Cafeteria Plans
By Faith Blair, Director
Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code was enacted in 1978.
The Section 125 Cafeteria Plan allows employers to offer their
employees a choice between cash and a variety of nontaxable benefits.
The pre–tax dollar incentive provided by Section 125 offers
both the employer and the employee the opportunity to control
accelerating health care and other costs while offering greater
tax savings for both the employer and the employee.
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A New Way to Access Disability
Management Expertise
By Beth Clark, National Accounts Manager,
The Hartford
Today, employers who self-administer their short-term disability
(STD) plans often don’t have the resources or expertise to
effectively manage these benefits, or to deal with disabilities
that are increasingly difficult to diagnose, assess or treat.
Diagnoses that are currently subjects of discussion in the medical
community, such as chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia,
are increasingly common, and take up a growing amount of a benefit
manager's time.
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Risky Business Cartoon
By John J. Dougan
"When
I said you could stretch your money with the new health care plans,
I was using the term as a figure of speech!"
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