ANDREA TARRELL
HNI Marketing Director

Uber is making headlines lately in Milwaukee and in many of the other markets where we work. I took my first Uber last week, and I’m obsessed.

MARK G. GARDNER
CEO, Avatar Management Services, Inc.

Truck driver risk was in full view as thousands of cars were stuck in Atlanta during a two-inch snowfall this winter. There were more than 1,200 accidents. Residents couldn’t get home, and it became the lead story on national TV. Truck drivers were told to stay out of Georgia. From many points of view, it was a debacle. Two weeks later, winter came again to the South, but this time the answer was: Stay off the roads.

ANTHONY FIORETTI
HNI Chief Benefits Officer

In all industries, successful companies review initiatives to learn what's working and what's not. From there, they can make adjustments and roll on. Players in the transportation industry naturally conduct these reviews, too. It's likely most motor carriers are scanning their markets for threats and opportunities — but how many have benchmarked their benefits to see where they stand?

PATTY MURPHY
Health Systems Consultant 

Companies we’ve seen effectively execute onsite health clinic strategies have incorporated the following five elements into their efforts:

BARB RAND
Compliance Advisor

DON JERRELL
Associate Vice President

Drug testing is an issue for many employers, but the issue is a special concern for transportation firms and other organizations that employ professional drivers. If you’re the employer of commercial drivers with CDLs, those drivers need to be in a drug and alcohol program regulated by FMCSA. If your drivers are not CDL commercial drivers, then those drivers should not be in an FMCSA-regulated program.

BARB RAND
Compliance Advisor

This week, the Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations under the Employer Shared Responsibility (aka “employer mandate”) provisions of the Affordable Care Act. The employer mandate calls for employers to offer health insurance to employees or pay penalties. The news this week pushes back the employer mandate deadline for not-so-large employers and eases health insurance coverage rules for large employers.

CHAD TISONIK
HNI Wisconsin President

JIM DALY
HNI Minnesota President

Any business is vulnerable to data privacy violation. Even gigantic Target, which could afford top-of-the-line defenses against cyber threats, wasn't safe.

BARB RAND
Compliance Advisor