by Jay Kirschbaum | October 3, 2019 | ACA Repeal and Replace, Health Reform, Uncategorized
An article caught our eye this week, and underscored the Yogi Berra adage, “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” Whenever Congress tackles major health care policy initiatives, from Medicare to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including the...
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 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 Ed Fensholt | January 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
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 Heidi Guetzkow | January 15, 2018 | EEOC, Health Risk Solutions, Uncategorized
In late December, federal courts handed down the decision to vacate the imposed 2016 worksite wellness incentive regulations, effective Jan. 1, 2019, due to lack of action by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). These headlines may startle and frustrate...
by Ed Fensholt | December 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
Grab your CPA’s cell number! With the ink from President Trump’s signature on the new tax reform bill not even dry, employers and employees are scrambling to try to understand what if any actions to take in the next nine days to avoid a more adverse tax result...
