June 10, 2026 | North Risk Partners

[Blog] Protect Your Employees from Heat Stress and Mosquito-Borne Diseases

The Minnesota summer is officially here. Perhaps you’re heading up to the cabin this weekend, playing a round of golf with some friends, or simply enjoying the great outdoors. In any of these cases, you’ll likely be exposed to the outdoor elements, which requires protection, especially from humid heat and insects found here in Minnesota…

Mandatory Paid Sick Leave in Minnesota

Learn what is in store for the State of Minnesota’s mandatory paid sick leave, the new regulations, and who will be impacted.

Online Enrollment Solutions: Private Exchange & HR Portal

Learn the benefits of online employee benefit platforms and how this process is becoming more and more common.

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Fees

This is a reminder that your 2015 PCORI fee is due July 31, 2016. What is a PCORI fee? The Affordable Care Act (ACA) created the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to help patients, clinicians, payers and the public make informed health decisions by advancing comparative effectiveness research The Institute’s research is to be funded,…

Why Monitor for Indoor Air Quality & Noise?

Learn about indoor air quality and noise monitoring and how this can affect your workplace.

DOL Issues Final Overtime Rule

This morning, the Department of Labor announced its long-awaited final regulations, which are poised to greatly expand the number of employees who are eligible for overtime pay. This rule will go into effect on December 1, 2016. A Minimum Salary of $47,476 per Year The most significant change is that in order to meet the salary…

New DOL Overtime Rules

Overview of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and how this will likely impact your company and what you should and can do to limit the potential negative effects.

WRAP Plans – The What, Why and How

Overview of what a wrap plan is (health and welfare benefits plan), and who is eligible, and how to implement it in your client’s lives.

IRS Announces 2017 HSA Limits and Maximums

On April 28, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Revenue Procedure 2016-28 that provides the 2017 inflation adjusted amounts for HSAs. The IRS 2017 contribution limits for HSAs, out-of-pocket maximums and minimum deductible levels for HSA-eligible plans are as follows: 2017 Minimum Deductibles Individual — $1,300 (2016 limit is $1,300) Family — $2,600 (2016…

OSHA Updates Eye & Face Protection Standard

A final ruling issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) updates requirements for the protection of general industry and construction workers against workplace hazards that could injure the eye and/or face by means of flying objects and splashes or spills of hazardous chemicals. The updated standard went into effect April 25 in accordance…