Tip of the Day: What you don't know could kill you

Statistics show that 2 million acts of workplace violence occur each year, costing more than $13.5 billion in medical costs, nevermind leaving psychological scars that may never heal.

To help you reduce the risk of such an incident ever affecting your company, HUB International will hold a free webinar on Thursday, April 9 at 12 p.m. ET led by Paul Michael Viollis Sr., CEO of Risk Control Strategies, and Todd Macumber, HUB vice president and corporate practice leader of the company's international risk consulting.

They will address your obligations under federal law, your liability exposure and offer practical advice on how to reduce your risk and create a safer work environment. Click here to register.

News You Can Use: EBN sponsors COBRA web seminar

On the heels of last week's release of Department of Labor model notices to guide employers in explaining the federal COBRA subsidy for laid-off workers, EBN and sister publication Employee Benefit Adviser will moderate an informational web seminar tomorrow, March 25, offering more information about the notices and subsidy.

The session's featured speakers will be EBN Contributing Editor Frank Palmieri, founding partner of Palmieri and Eisenberg, and William Sweetnam, Jr. from Groom Law Group. Both are members of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel.

Click here for registration information.

Tip of the Day: Get your 403(b) 'untangled'

With all of the health-related regulatory changes coming fast and furiously lately -- FMLA, ADA, COBRA, insert series of letters here -- it could be easy to forget that retirement plans saw some pretty massive regulatory shifts as well. In particular, the final rules applying to 403(b) plans -- which became effective Jan. 1 -- can be just as much of a compliance headache as any health-related acronym.

With that in mind, MassMutual's Retirement Services Division has announced it will host a web seminar, "Untangling Your 403(b)," on Wednesday, March 4 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET.

Featured speakers include Robert J. Architect, senior tax law specialist for the Internal Revenue Service's Employee Plans Division; M. Palmer Whitney, national managing director for MassMutual's nonprofit market; Deborah Walker, CPA, Deloitte Tax LLP; and David Levine, principal, Groom Law Group.

CE credits are available. For registration details, call 866-444-2601.

Tip of the Day: Get up to speed on the costs and consequences of binge eating

You may not know it -- I didn't, until I did some digging -- but binge eating disorder is a huge (no pun intended) health issue in the United States. Research shows it's the most common eating problem - affecting 6 million people in the U.S. each year and costs $33 million a year in lost productivity, health care, and medical expenses.

To help educate employers and other health care stakeholders, and mark National Eating Disorder Awareness Week (Feb. 22-28), Health Media invites you to participate in a free web seminar on binge eating disorder, Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 2 p.m. EST.

This one-hour presentation will be hosted by Dr. Richard Bedrosian, Ph.D., director of Behavioral Health for HealthMedia, Inc. and Chevese Turner, CEO and founder of the Binge Eating Disorder Association.

Read more from EBN on binge eating and other costs and consequences of obesity in our February issue.