core services & strengths

Human Resources, Compensation / Benefits, Group Health / Life / Vision / Dental / Retirement Plans

• ConnVerge's senior principals and key advisors have significant Federal Government, and small-to-large-business private-sector start-up and operational experience. They are also certified Flexible Compensation and Benefits Instructors; and, have respectively been awarded Contracting Officer and / or Compliance Officer credentials in Facilities / Logistics Management, Museum Curatorship, Fair Housing / Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, Labor / Employee Relations, Assessment-Center Administration, and HR / Healthcare programs' design and management.
• ConnVerge also coordinates fringe benefit and retirement plan services, including design, documentation, implementation, third-party administration, and Federal compliance. Our certified and licensed affiliates offer proven investment consulting, fund management, and participant education.

Management Assistance / Business Transformation

• ConnVerge's experienced staff and nationally recognized affiliates deliver diversified management, and performance / productivity improvement guidance; and, offer extensive strategic / succession and outsourcing planning assistance to both employer groups and third-party administrators.

partial project list (1986-present)

We have completed engagements, mediated disputes, structured settlements, and / or served as expert hearings / appeals witnesses in:

401(a) Defined Benefit Plans
401(k) Defined Contribution Plans
403(b) Educational Retirement Plans
408(k) Simplified Employee Pension Plans (SEPs/SARSEPs)
457 Governmental Retirement Plans
501(c)(9) Benefit Trusts
Adverse Actions and Grievances
Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity
Affordable Care Act (ACA / PPACA / "Obamacare")
Age Discrimination in Employment
Agent Orange and Project SHAD
AIDS / HIV
Art and Historic Documents' Collection, Storage, Display, and Restoration
Assessment Centers
Bariatric Surgery
Benefits and Compensation: Plan Design, Implementation, Modifications
Benefits Programs Administration and Fees
Business Capture and Administration
Cafeteria Plans and Flexible Benefits (Section 125 Qualified Plans)
Cash-Balance Plans
COBRA / OBRA (Health Insurance Continuation)
COVID-19 Health, Safety, and Welfare Protections
Collective Bargaining Agreements and Processes
College Recruitment
Community Outreach / Volunteer Service
Compliance with Federal/state regulations and statutes
Constructive Discharge
Contract Negotiations
Credit Unions
DBRA (Davis Bacon and Related Acts)--Federal Compliance
Death Benefit Gratuities--Killed in the Performance of Duties
Dental and Vision Programs
Discriminatory Discharge
Disabled Employment / Facilities Access
Downsizing / Rightsizing
Dress Codes
EEO and Affirmative Action
Employee Commendations
Employee Empowerment
Employee Relations
Employment at Will
ERISA
Executive Compensation, Benefits, Perquisites
Executive Recruitment, and Retention
Facilities Management / Office Space
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
Flexible Benefits and Compensation
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
Federal Labor Laws
Genealogical Research
Golden Handcuffs
Golden Parachutes
Grievances and Appeals
Group Insurance Plans and Alternatives
Handicaps and Disabilities
Healthcare Accounts: Traditional and HDHP
Healthcare Data Warehouses
Healthcare Utilization, Cost Containment
Healthcare Reform--PPACA / ACA
Healthcare Systems and Services
Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs)
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
Hearings and Appeals
HIPAA
Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS)
Human Resource/Payroll Automation
Human Resource Software
Incentive Compensation
Independent Contractors
IRCA (INS Immigration Control) Requirements
Job Application Systems
Job Enrichment
Job Sharing
LGBTQ Programs
Labor Relations
Labor-Law Compliance
Long-Term Care
Management and Staff Development
Medicare Advantage
Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs)
Mergers and Acquisition--Personnel Aspects
Merit Promotion
Minority Recruitment
Misconduct and Malfeasance--Employees and Management
Negotiation Strategies
Newsletters/Desktop Publishing
Non-Monetary Awards
Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans
Organization and Staff Development
Organization Charts
Outplacement Assistance
Outside Consultants
Outsourcing--Human Resources and Qualified Plans
Payroll and HR Systems' Design and Interface
Pension Plan Design, Implementation & Administration
Performance Evaluation Systems and Standards
Personal Computer Hardware and Software
Personal Care, Personal Health Accounts (PCAs and PHAs)
Personal Productivity Software
Personal Time Off / Leave Policies
Personnel Policies, Procedures and Handbooks
Position Classification Surveys/Audits
Position Descriptions / Functional Statements
Pre-Tax Program Design, Implementation & Administration
Program and Project Management
Reductions-in-Force
Re-engineering (Business Transformation)
Reorganizations (Rightsizing / Downsizing)
Retirement Plan Design, Implementation, Fund Management
Retirement Plan Design, Revision and Enhancement
SIMPLE IRA and SEP Retirement Plans
Safety and Security
Salary Surveys and Administration
Section 105 Plans
Section 125 Plans
Sequestration
Severance Plans
Sexual Harassment
Silver Parachutes
Smoking / Florida Clean Air Act
Special-Needs Hiring
Start-up Assistance for New Organizations
Strategic and Long-Term Planning
Strategic Business Unit Development & Management
Subcontractors
Tax Reform Acts (Various Years)
Tax Sheltered Annuities (TSA's)
Termination & Outplacement
Third-Party Administration (Pension, Welfare, & Benefits)
Total Compensation/Rewards
Training Programs
Unemployment Compensation
Union Activities and Negotiation
Upward Mobility
Voluntary and Discount Benefit Programs
Wage Surveys
Wellness Programs
Workers Compensation / Work or Service-Connected Disabilities
Workplace Harassment or Violence
Workplace-related Complaints