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Employees sue Wells Fargo for insurance plan’s inflated prescription drug prices

Work Life

was accused in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday of mismanaging its employee health insurance plan and forcing tens of thousands of U.S. Pharmacy benefit managers are facing increased government scrutiny over their role in escalating costs of prescription drugs. Wells Fargo & Co. employees to overpay for prescription drugs.

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COVID-19 vaccinations for employees: Can employers mandate it?

Insperity

In this article, we will: Provide links to federal guidelines on the topic Consider possible pros and cons of requiring vaccines for employees Outline four common approaches Explore exceptions employees may seek to vaccination mandates Identify five potential legal issues related to the topic. Incentivizing vaccines.

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6 big soft cost savings associated with HR outsourcing

Insperity

Everyone wants less expensive benefits and insurance (and without having to scale back on coverage). Not only do different state and municipal governments pass their own laws independently of each other, but employment laws at the federal, state and local level are continually evolving.

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Offering Psychedelics, Like Ketamine, as an Employee Benefit

WELCOA

What are some legal considerations for employers as they encounter requests to offer psychedelic medicine to treat depression and improve employee mental well-being? This blog will highlight some of those legal issues. Legal Considerations When Offering Psychedelics as an Employee Wellness Benefit Will psychedelics be the next Ozempic?

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The Connection Cure: An Interview with Julia Hotz

Mad in America

Social prescriptions, like I said, also apply to food, money, housing support, legal support—because those things affect our health too, right? By the way, direct marketing of prescription drugs is only legal in the United States and New Zealand. Insurance companies are beginning to see the preventative health benefits.

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A Rise in Independent Workers Highlights Trends and Concerns Facing the Gig Economy

Success

Freelancers face the future One of Freelancers Union’s key pieces of work right now is the Freelance Isn’t Free Act , currently enacted in New York City and a handful of other cities to legally require contracts between freelancers and clients.

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A Case for Parallel Mental Health Care

Mad in America

They represent catastrophic failures of governance. From this standpoint then, the systemic and institutional failures of mental health care are just reflections of a larger catastrophic failure of vision and governance that touches almost every aspect of modern life. We have become a sick society, and the signs are all around us.