by Lisa L. Carlson | August 15, 2019 | Domestic Partners, State and Local Issues
California recently expanded its definition of domestic partnership for purposes of registering with the state to receive the same state protections offered to spouses, including eligibility under fully insured employer-sponsored health plans. California’s new law...
by Mark Holloway | April 2, 2019 | FMLA, State and Local Issues
As we’ve done several times before, today’s blog will be breaking down the latest developments from the onslaught of state laws requiring employers to provide paid sick leave or to honor state paid family leave time. Paid family leave laws often require employers to...
by Mark Holloway | February 22, 2019 | State and Local Issues, Tax Issues, Uncategorized
The commonwealth of Massachusetts announced the employer and employee contribution rates that will apply beginning on July 1, 2019, to finance the state’s paid family leave law. The law requires up to 12 weeks of paid family leave, up to 20 weeks of paid medical leave...
by Jay Kirschbaum | January 24, 2019 | Benefits Administration, DOL, ERISA, State and Local Issues
A recently released information letter[1] from the US Department of Labor (DOL) raises an arcane issue around wage withholding laws. It also highlights the differences between the federal and state legislative and regulatory views and makes clear the ways in which the...
by Mark Holloway | November 2, 2018 | Employer Mandate, Health Reform / ACA, State and Local Issues
The once-dead health insurance responsibility disclosure (HIRD) form for Massachusetts employers has been resurrected in time for the flurry of end-of-year reporting requirements. The commonwealth’s 2006 health reform law, which served as a model for the federal ACA,...
by Jay Kirschbaum | September 24, 2018 | Paid Leave Laws, State and Local Issues
Michigan became the most recent state to pass a paid sick leave law. It’s generally believed that the legislation, referred to as the Michigan Earned Sick Time Act (“Act”), was passed by the legislature rather than as a voter initiative on the ballot so the...