by Jay Kirschbaum | November 19, 2018 | Compliance Services, Cost of Living Adjustments
You thought you were finishing up open enrollment and planning your Thanksgiving when the IRS did you the favor of finally releasing the 2019 cost of living adjustments. As commentators expected, the health flexible spending limit (FSA) increased from $2,650 to...
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 Mark Holloway | September 26, 2018 | Tax Issues
Last year’s tax reform law, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Act), eliminated the rules allowing individuals to exclude from taxable income amounts an employer pays for some job-related moving expenses, except for certain active-duty members of the armed forces....
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...
by Ed Fensholt | August 24, 2018 | Paid Leave Laws, State and Local Issues
The current scourge of employers everywhere, particularly those with employees in multiple cities or states, is the proliferation of different paid leave laws. While there are many virtues to paid sick leave from employees’ perspective, the laws differ in their scope...
by Jay Kirschbaum | August 23, 2018 | COBRA, Medicare
The American public is often bombarded by Medicare advertisements and options for Medicare supplement plans. For those not in the baby-boom generation, this must really be tedious. Nevertheless, the baby-boom generation continues to age into retirement, and with that,...
