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Providing Long-Term Care For Loved Ones
Source article by Steve Vernon | Nov 29, 2017 You could be doing everything right regarding your own finances — and then have your plans derailed by the needs of a family member, such as a parent or sibling, who didn’t plan ahead. Read more
Read moreEmployees weigh their health insurance options.
Health Insurance Instability Given the insurance market’s current climate of instability, employees are carefully weighing their options and many are re-considering the advantages of small group health benefits. In the Pacific Northwest where wage restrictions can hamper recruitment and retention, employers providing health insurance for their employees most certainly have an advantage over their competition
Read moreHealth plan origins rooted in Washington State’s history.
November 1st marked the start of “open-enrollment”, when individuals and employers alike look to renew their health insurance benefit plans for the upcoming year. While weighing serious issues like pre-existing medical conditions to an impending surgery or even a root canal, choosing the right plan with the best coverage can be confusing, daunting and subsequently
Read moreHow Much Life Insurance Do You Need (If Any)?
By Anna Bahney Before we deal with the downer of your death, let’s talk about your life. Does anyone depend on you? Like, financially, depend on you? No? Then you’re probably fine without life insurance. Of course, there are certain circumstances in which a single person with no one financially dependent upon them would need
Read moreWant To Phase Into Retirement With Reduced Hours?
By: Ashlea Ebeling Employers might not advertise the fact that they offer reduced hours—or phased retirement—for older workers, but if you’re interested, you should ask. Even if your employer doesn’t have a formal phased retirement program, there might be informal options, and both are beneficial to employers and employees, according to a recent… READ MORE
Read moreTime to Relax – History of Labor Day
By: Steve Brown According to the Department of Labor, the first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, 1883. In 1884
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