{"id":2705,"date":"2019-11-13T11:09:21","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T17:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/?p=2705"},"modified":"2019-11-13T11:59:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T17:59:37","slug":"podcast-2020-benefit-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/13\/podcast-2020-benefit-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: 2020 Benefit Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F712271872&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=false&show_user=false&show_reposts=false&color=046240\"><\/iframe>\n<p>Rob, Scott, and Jason discuss 2020 benefit planning; from the history of group health insurance and employer benefit plans to wellness programs, member education, open enrollment, the Affordable Care Act, retirement plans, strategies for non-traditional benefits (flex-time, student loan repayment, pet benefits), and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/employco\/2020-benefit-planning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/images\/blog\/Blog_Podcast_2020-Benefit-Planning.jpg\" alt=\"2020 Benefit Planning\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.employco.com\/contact.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact us<\/a> with any questions you may have, we\u2019re here to help:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:hr@employco.com\">hr@employco.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rob, Scott, and Jason discuss 2020 benefit planning; from the history of group health insurance and employer benefit plans to wellness programs, member education, open enrollment, the Affordable Care Act, retirement plans, strategies for non-traditional benefits (flex-time, student loan repayment,&hellip;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/13\/podcast-2020-benefit-planning\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employee-benefits","category-human-resources","category-podcast"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Employco USA","author_link":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/author\/employcousa\/"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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