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 Ed Fensholt | August 15, 2018 | Compliance Services, ERISA, Insurance Exchanges, State and Local Issues, Uncategorized
The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), an employee benefits advocacy group, has filed a lawsuit in a federal court in Seattle, seeking to overturn a Seattle initiative compelling large hotels to provide generous and heavily subsidized health insurance to their...
by Mark Holloway | April 5, 2018 | Compliance Services, State and Local Issues, Tax Issues
Massachusetts has started mailing employer letters explaining the operation of a new tax assessment that will apply beginning on April 30. Unfortunately, the letter is confusing and could lead some employers to erroneously conclude they must designate their medical...
by Ed Fensholt | December 14, 2017 | State and Local Issues
Employers with at least 20 persons performing work for compensation (or at least 50 persons, in the case of a nonprofit organization) and that have at least one employee who performs work in San Francisco are subject to the San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance...
by Lisa L. Carlson | December 11, 2017 | Paid Leave Laws, State and Local Issues, Tax Issues, Uncategorized
As employers are setting up 2018 payroll, the critical question has become, “How on earth are we supposed to tax premium payments and benefits under the New York Paid Family Leave (NYPFL) law?” While New York has addressed some tax issues, so far there has been no...
by Mark Holloway | November 15, 2017 | Health Reform, State and Local Issues
Beginning next year, the ghost of Massachusetts health reform will be back to haunt employers in the form of a new tax. The tax will apply to some Massachusetts employers as a way to help fund the commonwealth’s combined Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance (CHIP)...
