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Start 2018 with a Business Checkup

March 5 | 2018
By: Saniel Nordberg
SBA Region VIII Administrator
Start 2018 with a Business Checkup

Making predictions is never easy, especially for small business owners and managers. Unlike their larger counterparts, small firms rarely have the resources to monitor and take corrective action for every new trend and issue. Even entrepreneurs who’ve experienced numerous business cycles face new circumstances that confound their instincts and knowledge. While there’s no crystal ball […]

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Why Your Disability Insurance Audit is So Important

February 26 | 2018
By: Terry Allard, CEBS, Sr. Benefits Advisor
Why Your Disability Insurance Audit is So Important

For most employers, looking at the health insurance plan every year is a tradition.  The numbers are reviewed, a bid is suggested (or not), and an analysis of the performance and incoming numbers is performed.  Unfortunately, other ancillary lines are often overlooked, renewed as-is because they aren’t used as much or there’s a rate hold.  […]

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How Long Commutes Impact Workplace Productivity

February 20 | 2018
By: Geoff Mukhtar
Communications Manager at United Benefit Advisors
How Long Commutes Impact Workplace Productivity

What do all employees have in common? They all have a burning dislike for their morning commute! Let’s face it, it’s not the actual commute that most people dislike, it’s the hassle of dealing with traffic, long lines, and rude people that make the trip so despised. It doesn’t matter how an employee gets to […]

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Wellness Checkup

February 13 | 2018
By: Adva Biton
Wellness Checkup

The CDC estimates that 75 percent of healthcare costs come from 117 million people with one or more chronic health conditions. For employers, this can mean paying an annual average of $12,000 per employee on healthcare costs, according to a study by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. In recent years, many employers have gotten […]

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Culture, Not Perks, Most Important to Retain Employees

February 8 | 2018
By: Heather Stewart
Culture, Not Perks, Most Important to Retain Employees

As a small business, how can you attract and retain top-notch employees? That was the key question tackled during a breakout session at the Salt Lake Chamber Small Business Summit in early February. With the unemployment rate in Utah hovering at record-low levels, attracting and keeping top talent is top of mind for all business […]

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How to Motivate Employee Participation in Your Wellness Program

February 5 | 2018
By: Sara Saidi
Coordinator
How to Motivate Employee Participation in Your Wellness Program

Have you ever heard the quote, “If you take care of your people, they’ll take care of your business?” It’s great advice and goes beyond ensuring that they get a paycheck each month. Does your company show that they care about an employee’s total well-being? You should, especially considering that an employee’s physical and mental […]

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Negotiating over COBRA Coverage-Use EXTREME CAUTION!

January 31 | 2018
By: Elizabeth Kay
Compliance & Retention Analyst
Negotiating over COBRA Coverage-Use EXTREME CAUTION!

Have you ever overheard the new employee in the break room, bragging about how good their health insurance was with their previous employer, and how much less expensive it was than the coverage they are currently being offered? You may think ”If it was so good, then why give it up?” There are always a […]

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Intermountain Healthcare, Others, Will Develop Generic Drug Company

January 25 | 2018
By: Utahbusiness.com
Intermountain Healthcare, Others, Will Develop Generic Drug Company

Salt Lake City—To help patients by addressing the often unwarranted shortages and high costs of lifesaving generic medications, Intermountain Healthcare is leading a collaboration with Ascension, SSM Health, and Trinity Health, in consultation with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs* (VA), to form a new, not-for-profit generic drug company. The five organizations represent more than […]

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GOED Announces Availability of Tax Credits for Rural Businesses

January 23 | 2018
By: UtahBusiness.com
GOED Announces Availability of Tax Credits for Rural Businesses

Salt Lake City—The Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) announced the creation of a new online portal to simplify the application process for Enterprise Zone Tax Credits. The tax credits incentivize investment and job creation by rural, non-retail small businesses in Utah. “One of the least known rural tax credits is the Enterprise Zone Tax […]

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Industry Outlook: Healthcare

January 19 | 2018
By: UtahBusiness.com
Industry Outlook: Healthcare

Utah’s healthcare community is facing an uncertain future due to the shifting tides of health reform, an ongoing opioid crisis and a new effort to set health policy at the ballot box. Here, healthcare leaders take on these issues and more. PARTICIPANTS: Scott Barlow, Revere Health Blaine Benard, Holland & Hart, LLC Brian Carter, Diversified […]

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