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Fitness Reimbursement Reminder – Deadline is March 31, 2024

Fitness Reimbursement Deadline is March 31, 2024 For more information and instructions to receive your reimbursement. Click on the link to your health care provider For Blue Cross Blue Shield BCBSMA Fitness Reimbursement Brochure and Claim Submission Instructions For Mass General Brigham MGBHP Fitness Reimbursement Brochure and Claim Submission Instructions

Tax Forms Related to Health Insurance

FORM 1099-HC (Required for Massachusetts State Tax Returns) FORM 1099-HC (Required for Massachusetts State Tax Returns)Form 1099-HC is needed to complete your MA state tax return. This form serves as proof ofhealth insurance coverage for Massachusetts residents age 18 and older.Your 2023 Form 1099-HC will be mailed to you by … Read more

The Annual Leave Buy Back Program

Read on for details about the program and how to participate.LEARN MORE The Annual Leave Buy Back Program provides an optional monetary incentive for eligible employees that utilize less than 5 days of sick leave throughout the calendar year. If you are eligible, you may have the opportunity to redeem up to … Read more

The Power of Our Union: On the Island of Puerto Rico, USW Members are Stepping up the Fight for Workers’ Rights

FEB 13, 2024 Miguel Cruz spent 31 years as a union worker with Puerto Rico’s electric power authority. Although he reached an age at which he could retire for good, Cruz still serves as president of his unit and continues to champion the labor movement on the island of 3.3 … Read more

New Hampshire Steelworkers: Are You Ready for a Fight?

New Hampshire Steelworkers: Are You Ready for a Fight? We’re just a few days into the new year, and anti-worker legislators and their corporate cronies in NewHampshire are wasting no time in picking their first fight. We have just learned that House Bill 1377-FN,(usw.to/4uo) this year’s House version of so-called … Read more

The 2024 Sick Bank Donation program is now open for enrollment!

The Extended Sick Leave Bank provides extended sick leave to participating employees that have experienced a serious or catastrophic illness or injury (not Workers’ Compensation related) and have exhausted all accrued time (Sick, Vacation, Personal, and Compensatory). The sick bank is comprised of employee sick bank donations and is available … Read more

Public workers may receive reduced Social Security benefits. There’s growing support in Congress to change that

PUBLISHED SUN, NOV 12 2023 By: Lorie Konish When Dave Bernstein, 87, started working at the U.S. Postal Service in February 1970, he was making $2.35 an hour. To supplement his income, he also took on other work. Years later, Bernstein decided in 1992 to take a voluntary retirement. “We knew there was … Read more

Blue Cross Blue Shield / NASCO Data Security Incident

IF YOU RECEIVE A LETTER FROM NASCO DO NOT IGNORE IT Important Security Notification. NASCO, (collectively, “NASCO” or “we”), provides claims administration services to health plan customers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. We place a high value on maintaining the privacy and security of the information we maintain … Read more

The Real Reason Social Security Is in Danger

Why is Social Security running out of money? Income inequality. As inequality has exploded and the rich have gotten richer, more and more of their income has escaped the cap on the Social Security payroll tax. We should be focused on fixing this, not cutting benefits. Hello? See Video: Open … Read more

We Cannot Allow Extreme Proposals from the House of Representatives to Cause a Government Shutdown.

In September, we asked you to tell your legislators to avoid a government shutdown by reaching a funding agreement for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. At the last moment, they passed an extension that would fund the government and avoid a shutdown until November 17. Although that short-term deal kept the … Read more
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