April Is Distracted Driving Awareness Month: Educate Your Staff

Posted on: April 5th, 2017 by Leaders' Choice Staff No Comments

As accidents skyrocket in part due to people using their smartphones while behind the wheel, April has been designated Distracted Driving Awareness Month – a great time for you as an employer to further promote safe driving among your staff.

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ACA Repeal Plan Is Dead; So What Should You Do?

Posted on: March 29th, 2017 by Leaders' Choice Staff No Comments

Now that the American Health Care Act has suffered a defeat in Congress and President Trump has said he’ll move on to other matters, the Affordable Care Act will stand as the law of the land.

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How Tracking Near Misses, Employee Training Reduces Injuries

Posted on: March 22nd, 2017 by Leaders' Choice Staff No Comments

The latest trend in workplace safety best practices is tracking “leading indicators” – or events that take the lessons learned from past events – to reduce the chances of future injuries.

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Bill Would Make Collecting Health Information for Wellness Plans Easier

Posted on: March 15th, 2017 by Leaders' Choice Staff No Comments

Legislation has surfaced in Congress that would allow employers to collect biometric and genetic information from employees and their family members as a precondition for participation in a company wellness program.

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Why You Can’t Afford to Not Have Professional Liability Insurance

Posted on: March 10th, 2017 by Leaders' Choice Staff No Comments

At some point, most businesses are involved in some type of legal dispute, be it over an alleged physical or property damage to a third party or financial injury to a competitor, client or vendor.

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GOP Releases Legislation to Gut and Replace ACA

Posted on: March 8th, 2017 by Leaders' Choice Staff No Comments

House Republicans have filed legislation that would repeal most of the Affordable Care Act, including measures to eliminate the employer and individual mandates.

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Republicans Consider Axing Tax Exclusion on Employer-sponsored Plans

Posted on: March 4th, 2017 by Leaders' Choice Staff No Comments

As work on trying to overhaul the Affordable Care Act continues, lawmakers are considering a bold and what would likely be a controversial move to eliminate the tax exclusion for employer-sponsored health benefits.

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Ransomware Becomes Biggest Cyber Threat Facing Businesses

Posted on: March 2nd, 2017 by Leaders' Choice Staff No Comments

Ransomware is turning out to be the biggest cyber threat facing companies in 2017 after attacks more than quadrupled in 2016 from the year prior, according to a new study.

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Respond quickly and effectively to harassment, discrimination complaints

Posted on: February 23rd, 2017 by Leaders' Choice Staff No Comments

Employers need to respond swiftly when employees complain about discrimination or harassment and the response must be effective, a U.S. District appeals court has held.

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Report, Investigate Near Misses to Improve Safety

Posted on: February 17th, 2017 by Leaders' Choice Staff No Comments

One of the most important workplace safety tools that you can put to use is the reporting of near misses and correcting the factors that led to such a close encounter.

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