by Ethan McWilliams | April 7, 2021 | Compliance Services, Health Reform, Reporting and Disclosure, State and Local Issues
Amidst the pall of the pandemic, we celebrate little rays of sunshine. Here’s one: San Francisco has postponed its Health Care Security Ordinance (HCSO) annual reporting obligation for the 2020 calendar year from the end of this month to at least Oct. 31, 2021....
by Suzanne Bach | January 12, 2021 | Benefits Administration, Compliance Services, State and Local Issues
Well, 2021 is off to a contentious start politically, and coronavirus infections are surging again, but we have good news from California! The state’s taxing authority, the Franchise Tax Board (FTB), has extended or effectively extended the deadlines in 2021 for...
by Mark Holloway | February 19, 2020 | Compliance Services, State and Local Issues
Prompted by recent closures of big-name companies like Toys R Us, New Jersey is the first state to implement a severance pay requirement for employees experiencing mass layoffs. The new law, effective July 19, 2020, requires employers to pay terminated employees one...
by Lisa L. Carlson | December 10, 2019 | Compliance Services, Paid Leave Laws, State and Local Issues
As employers are likely aware, state and local governments continue to adopt paid leave requirements on a fast and furious basis. Several important paid leave-related deadlines occur in December 2019 or become effective Jan. 1, 2020. Below is a summary of near-term...
by Ed Fensholt | September 30, 2019 | State and Local Issues
A new California law imposes another notice mandate on employers with employees in California. The law will require employers, beginning in 2020, to notify their flexible spending account (FSA) enrollees – via two different modes of communication – about any deadline...
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...
