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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Republicans Consider Fixing ACA, Not Repealing It

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

The steamroller everyone expected from President Trump and the GOP-led Congress to flatten the Affordable Care Act has been put on idle and what was a promised quick outright repeal has morphed into a plan to “repair” the law.

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Baseline Health Tests Can Shave Workers’ Comp Claims Costs

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

More employers are testing new hires in physical jobs to establish a baseline in case they ever file a workers’ comp claim down the road.

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IRS Targets Employers Who Fail to File ACA Forms

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

The IRS has started sending letters to some employers asking them where their Affordable Care Act returns are, according to the National Association of Health Underwriters.

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New Slip, Trip, Fall Prevention Rules for General Industry

Posted on: February 1st, 2017 by Leaders' Choice Staff No Comments

Federal OSHA implemented a new rule on Jan. 17 that is aimed at reducing slip, trip and fall hazards in the workplace.

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