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        "uri": "/2024/03/08/benefits-check-up-6-compliance-issues-affecting-your-clients-health/",
        "title": "Benefits check-up: 6 compliance issues affecting your clients' health",
        "byline": "Angela Surra",
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        "summary": "Assisting employers with benefits compliance requires understanding key benefits laws to effectively engage, educate, and be a better partner to employer clients.",
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        "uri": "/2023/11/14/benefits-for-part-time-employees-reduces-talent-gap-for-smbs/",
        "title": "Benefits for part-time employees reduces talent gap for SMBs",
        "byline": "Angela Surra",
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        "prettyDate": "November 14, 2023",
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        "summary": "Year-over-year benefits rank among the top five factors for job seekers. Could providing benefits to part-time employees reduce the talent gap, and how can SMBs do that?",
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        "uri": "/2023/10/30/these-impactful-benefits-solutions-can-help-address-trending-employer-concerns/",
        "title": "These impactful benefits solutions can help address trending employer concerns",
        "byline": "Angela Surra",
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        "summary": "Level-funded plans are great options for small and mid-size employers to reduce costs without sacrificing quality benefits.",
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        "uri": "/2023/08/11/building-benefits-plans-with-cross-generational-appeal/",
        "title": "Building benefits plans with cross-generational appeal",
        "byline": "Angela Surra",
        "kicker": "Best Practices",
        "prettyDate": "August 11, 2023",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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        "summary": "Remembering that employee benefits encompass more than traditional health, dental, and vision plans, here are a few tips for creating a benefits package with cross-generational appeal.",
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        "uri": "/2023/06/01/end-of-emergency-cobra-issues-for-employershealth-brokers-to-think-about/",
        "title": "End-of-emergency COBRA issues for employers/health brokers to think about",
        "byline": "Angela Surra",
        "kicker": "Best Practices",
        "prettyDate": "June 01, 2023",
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        "summary": "The end of the outbreak period allows employers and plan sponsors to begin applying the traditional waiting period to elect COBRA.",
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        "uri": "/2023/03/16/mass-layoffs-and-ending-emergency-declarations-bring-cobra-compliance-to-the-forefront/",
        "title": "Mass layoffs and ending emergency declarations bring COBRA compliance to the forefront",
        "byline": "Angela Surra",
        "kicker": "Market Insights",
        "prettyDate": "March 16, 2023",
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        "summary": "Planning for compliance obligations when the PHE ends will require a review of legislation passed between 2020 and 2023.",
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