In one of the most aggressive efforts in the nation to curb soaring healthcare spending, a new California measure would put the state in charge of setting prices for hospital stays, doctor’s visits and most other medical services covered by commercial insurers. But opponents counter that capping prices could reduce patients’ ability to get care by driving doctors out of state and hospitals to scale back their services.
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When a company lacks HR efficiency, it can be detrimental not only to overall productivity, but it can also create a disconnect between you and your employees. Fortunately, an employee self-service human resources (ESS HR system) is an effective solution to this problem. ESS portals provide numerous benefits for employees. Consolidation of information into a single user-friendly gateway, creates efficiencies and helps speed up organizational objectives. ESS HR systems also play a crucial role in raising HR’s importance in the organization, enabling HR professionals to spend more time on strategic efforts than on focusing on administrative transactions. Here’s why your employees will love this type of system.
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Spring is in that air and we love it here at CorpStrat®. Last month we had several questions regarding the legalization of marijuana in the workplace, how employers can protect themselves, and paystub correction inquires so we thought we would tackle theses issues in our newsletter this month.
As many of you are aware, California is one of 8 states that legalized marijuana for recreational use. Prop 64, effective January 1, 2018 outlines this however; California employers can and should ban marijuana use in the workplace to ensure a safe work environment. California employers generally cannot randomly drug test employees however, they can test under the following circumstances:
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As with many Non-Profits out there, Samuel Dixon Family Health Centers faced challenges in balancing the needs of their employees and the costs of their Employee Benefits. With no FT HR staff, Samuel Dixon were also challenged with the time and processes surrounding payroll and HR compliance.
Our experienced team was able to uncover an HMO plan that cost less than their current Kaiser offering, while giving employees access to their previous doctors that were part of Facey Medical Group. Additionally, we were able to keep the Kaiser plan for those employees who liked it and give employees the choice of an HMO or PPO with another well-known carrier. We were able to find efficiencies that also helped to enhance their dental plans, to give employees a choice, and reduced the overall expense to both the employer and employee – we call this a win-win!
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Victoria McCabe, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, is the Director of HR Services for CorpStrat®, a full service benefits, payroll and human resources firm in Woodland Hills, CA . In her role at CorpStrat®, Victoria leads and provides comprehensive management advisory and consultancy services to CorpStrat® clients. Victoria has overall responsibility for managing HR Consulting Services, including HR outsourcing and HR consulting related projects.
Victoria is an accomplished business leader with over 25 years of HR experience in the consulting, nonprofit, and various business sectors.
Prior to joining the CorpStrat® team, Victoria was the Chief HR Officer for McCabe Consultants Inc. where she and her team managed the human resources functions for 100’s of clients. She has worked with companies such as Nickelodeon, Broadband Services, Mattel, and Great Western Bank to name a few.
Victoria holds a Masters from University of California, Los Angeles and received her Bachelor’s from University of Phoenix.
Victoria enjoys reading, horseback riding, and serving in her community.
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For many human resources professionals, just hearing the term “open enrollment period” is enough to give them a headache. For a few weeks each year, the HR department grinds to a halt in order to help employees enroll or re-enroll in the company’s many benefits programs. And the open enrollment period isn’t the only time HR professionals are spending time on employee benefits enrollment. Every time a new employee is hired or experiences a qualifying life event (gets married, has a baby, etc.), the whole process starts again.
So what’s the solution? If benefits enrollment and processing is taking up so much time, how can business owners and managers help alleviate this burden? Like so many problems these days, the solution is new technology.
Switching from a paper-based benefits enrollment process to an online enrollment process comes with a wide array of advantages. Not only does an online enrollment process save time, but it also gives employees the time and independence to make their own elections, and helps reduce costly mistakes and errors.
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