The webinar will cover topics that might arise as part of a DOL audit, which include domestic partners, imputed income, form 5500 and other requirements under ERISA.

Click here to review this year’s full webinar schedule.

Smart FSA can help your company maximize its compensation packages and attract and retain quality employees. Smart FSA reduces their taxable compensation and your payroll obligation.

There are several different types of reimbursement accounts available, click here to learn more.

Common out-of-pocket expenses paid for with Smart FSAs include:

• Co-Pays
• Dental Expenses
• Coinsurance
• Deductibles
• More

CareerCast analyzed the physical and emotional demands of certain jobs, including the following:

• Energy
• Work conditions
• Degree of competitiveness
• Degree of Personal Hazards

Each element was given points with lower totals making a job more desirable.

Review full list here.

CPI-HR has several new employment opportunities available, please contact our benefits administration for more information.

Medical Reimbursement Account: This account is used for paying for medical expenses such as deductibles and co-payments, prescriptions and over the counter medicines, dental expenses, vision care.

Adoption Assistance Account: This account contributes on a pre-tax basis by an employee for qualified adoption expenses incurred in connection with the adoption of a child may be exclude from an employee’s gross income.

Dependent Care Account: This account is used for tax-free reimbursement of child care or other dependent care expenses.

Fringe Benefits, Transportation Account: This plan is used to reimburse your employees with pre-tax dollars for qualified parking and transit expenses incurred on or near your business premises.

Contact us at CPI-HR for more information about our flexible spending accounts.

It’s important to have an analysis of a group’s own illnesses and patterns so you can set measurable goals. Wellness programs should be linked to goals and concrete results. Employers that don’t demand results are wasting their resources.

Below are some actual measures for wellness programs:

• A 5% decrease in unplanned absences.
• A 7% decrease in the cost per claimant for heart disease.
• A 15% increase in the number of people participating in a diabetes self-management course.

Contact CPI-HR to learn more about our wellness and population health management services.

This award will be formally announced in the upcoming Best Companies Group publication.

“Earning this distinction two years in a row is humbling and a compliment to all of our great people,” said Jim Hopkins, CEO of CPI-HR. The company’s Great Place to Work Committee plans monthly functions ranging from charitable events, team-building activities, and inter-company contests with prizes.

“Being recognized in 2011 was a proud achievement for the company which we used a springboard for new ideas and activities,” said Elaine Ferretti, PHR, Vice President of Human Resources. “We’re always seeking ways to improve the employee experience and have that experience positivity reflected back through our customer engagement. We believe happy employees will lead to happy customers.”

CPI-HR is also in consideration for another nation-wide employment-based award sponsored by The Great People to Work Institute.

If you’re interested in a career at CPI-HR, please visit our web site for current job postings.

The webinar will focus on FMLA from an employee benefits perspective and include the following topics:

• FMLA basics
• premium payment rules
• interaction with COBRA
• FMLA “decision tree”

Register online at CPI-HR.

1. You don’t have to provide benefits now
2. You don’t have to report benefits on your W-2′s
3. You may not have to provide benefits ever
4. You do need to claim your tax credit

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Contact CPI-HR benefits administration for more information about the health care reform on how it impacts your company.

CPI-HR’s benefits administration services assure compliance with HIPPA Portability requirements.

We manage the following services:

• HIPAA certificate “by request” services for 24 months after the initial certificate mailing
• Online portal for continuants to print and review previously received HIPAA Certificates
• Automatic delivery of required HIPAA Certificates at the end of COBRA Coverage
• Optional delivery of HIPAA Certificates for active participants dropping or losing coverage
• Maintenance of HIPAA Certificate activity and records history

For more HIPAA information, please contact an employee administrator at CPI-HR.

With our Smart Payroll you not only have access to a dedicated account management team, but you benefit from our software features that will help you manage the complex employee life cycle from recruitment, to retention, to retirement.

Key features include:

• Unlimited direct deposit and payroll accounts
• Global payroll overrides
• Auto-pay for salaried employees
• Unlimited direct deposit and payroll accounts
• Payroll scheduling
• Web-based time and expense entry for employees
• Automatic tips processing
• More

Learn more about our payroll technology services.