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A brief guide to affording eldercare for aging parents

Work Life

Adult day care is typically for seniors who either need supervised care or are isolated or lonely; it provides any family members who are caring for an aging parent at home with a needed respite. Nursing home: If your parents need consistent medical care or 24-hour supervision, you may choose a nursing home to provide their care.

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How to create a solid estate plan in 4 easy steps

Work Life

Who will supervise the settlement of your estate. My friend’s husband knew that his dad had made a will and maintained a life insurance policy, but he had no idea where to find any of the paperwork or even the names of the attorney or insurance company. What’s the least you need to do?

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5 key co-employment nuances that employers must understand

Insperity

Generally, the classification analysis requires review of how the individual is paid and what level of supervision or control, if any, exists in how the work is performed. the amount of loss that you experience compared to the amount of loss that similar insured companies have) when you join or leave a PEO. Hello, human error.).

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Hire a receptionist or outsource a virtual one? Here are the pros and cons.

Ruby

Then there’s the time spent onboarding and training your new employee, getting their payroll and insurance set up, and helping them settle into the role. Additional costs include paid time off, dental and vision plans, 401(k), and life insurance. No more payroll taxes, health or life insurance, or 401(k) matching, either.

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Massachusetts’ Workplace Wellness Program Law May Set the Standard

WELCOA

The group purchasing cooperative must coordinate with an insurance carrier’s wellness program data processing systems to enable the group purchasing cooperative to effectively provide guidance to eligible association members, eligible small businesses, eligible employees and eligible dependents regarding targeted wellness programs.

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Context and Care vs. Isolate and Control: An Interview on the Dilemmas of Global Mental Heath with Arthur Kleinman

Mad in America

Healthcare insurers would much rather pay social workers to do psychotherapy than they would a clinical psychologist or psychiatrist because social workers are a lot cheaper in providing care. and one of the primary reasons I moved was the constant existential anxiety of not having healthcare despite having health insurance.

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Business owner beware: FLSA compliance and personal liability

Insperity

And if you think insurance can shield you from such expenses, think again. In reality, employment practices liability insurance (EPLI), which may protect a business against claims made by employees in some areas, may not cover wage and hour issues. Supervision and control of work schedules. Authority to hire and fire employees.

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