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2 Real World Examples of ACA-Compliant Wellness Programs

BARB RAND
Compliance Advisor

Employers are striving to establish 
Topics: Construction Transportation Manufacturing HR / Employee Benefits

Drivers Hold Keys to Strengthening Your Culture Through Ownership

CHRIS TANKE
Transportation Practice Leader & Associate Vice President
CHAD TISONIK
President, HNI Wisconsin

If you could get all your drivers to act as if they were part owners of your company, committed to strengthening your culture, what would that do to the bottom line? Realistically, most drivers will never have an equity stake in your company. But here are six actionable ideas that may help shift their thinking from employee to owner.

Topics: Transportation HR / Employee Benefits

Proposed Changes to Wisconsin Work Comp Bad News for Employers

JODI MATHY
Senior Claims Consultant

Employers will face runaway work comp costs if Wisconsin lawmakers adopt proposed legislation. Tentative changes to the Wisconsin work comp law would require that employers of injured employees continue to offer group health coverage for the duration of the employee's healing period. According to the proposed law, this group health coverage expense would not be paid for by the employer’s work comp insurance, but instead it would come directly out of the employer’s pocket.

Topics: Construction Transportation Safety / Compliance Manufacturing

FMCSA Extends Deadline for CDLIS Information, Medical Card Requirements

DON JERRELL
Associate Vice President

So you thought you were going to have to run Commercial Driver's License Information System motor vehicle records by Jan. 30 on all your drivers? Or maybe you didn’t even know that chore was on the table? (Don't feel bad; you're not the only one!)

Topics: Transportation

What Public Exchanges are Doing to Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage

GWEN SYNDER
Account Executive

The federal health care exchange (aka 
Topics: Construction Transportation Manufacturing HR / Employee Benefits

3 Habits of Successful Supervisors Worth Copying

THERESA DEW
HNI HR Manager

Topics: Construction Transportation Manufacturing HR / Employee Benefits

Living Your Brand: Leveraging an Intangible Asset

CHAD TISONIK
HNI Wisconsin President

Living your brand happens at a personal level. A weak or non-existent corporate brand poses a huge risk because employees do not feel part of a mission. Fear — fear that sales will decline or that customers will leave — becomes the motivation of your people. The mission in a fear-driven organization is to do whatever you can to keep that fear at bay.

Topics: Construction Transportation Manufacturing HR / Employee Benefits

How Physical Abilities Testing Can Stop Your Next Work Comp Claim

JODI MATHY
Senior Claims Consultant

Physical abilities testing is a type of fitness for duty exam. Fitness for duty exams help employers identify the "wrong" worker — that is, the worker who is physically unready or unable to perform the essential functions of a job. This "wrong" worker could be your next work comp claim!

Topics: Construction Transportation Safety / Compliance Manufacturing

Decoding Reasonable Alternative Standards for Wellness Programs

BARB RAND
Compliance Advisor

The Affordable Care Act shook up who gets health coverage and how they get that coverage. It also 
Topics: Construction Transportation Manufacturing HR / Employee Benefits

Highway Safety Stats Show a Long Road Ahead

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

Highway safety is improving — or is it?

Topics: Transportation Safety / Compliance