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Consumer-Driven Health Plans More Prevalent Among Higher Earners While enrollment in consumerdriven and high-deductible health plans rose slightly in 2007, these plans still make up a small segment of the health insurance market, and consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs) were disproportionately chosen by people with higher incomes, according to a survey published by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and the Commonwealth Fund. Most Workers Support Proposed Modifications To FMLA Rules In the wake of a proposal by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to make administering leave easier for employers, results of a recent survey by the National Coalition to Protect Family Leave suggest that a majority of workers support many of the concepts embodied in the rule changes. Senator Proposes Tax-Advantaged Disability Savings Account Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) has introduced a bill in the Senate that would enable families with disabled children or other family members to contribute to a tax-advantaged account designed to make it easier for disabled people to maintain their health, independence, and quality of life. Diversity Not Defined In Many Workplaces Most employers claim to support diversity in the workplace, but fewer than one-third have formally defined what diversity means, and there is no common language to help companies in managing their diversity initiatives, according to a study conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the American Institute for Managing Diversity Inc. |
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