The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) was signed into law on March 18, 2020 and went into effect on April 1. The Department of Labor...
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National Long Term Care Awareness Month
National Long Term Care Awareness Month is an annual designation observed in November. Did you know that 70% of men and women over the age of 65...
California Enacts Individual Mandate for 2020
On June 28, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a state budget for 2019-2020 that establishes a state individual mandate,...
California Cleans up Sexual Harassment Training
On August 30, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed clean-up legislation (S.B. 778) clarifying the state’s sexual harassment prevention...
ACA Play or Pay: Affordability percentage for 2020
On July 22, 2019, the IRS announced that the affordability percentage under the Affordable Care Act’s play or pay rules will decrease to 9.78...
Section 125 (Cafeteria Plans)
Section 125 Plans (Cafeteria Plans) Many employers struggle with the challenge of providing an attractive compensation package at an affordable...
EEOC to Require 2018 and 2017 Comp Data by Sept. 30
Employers, Start Hustling The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) says that it has decided to require employers to submit 2018 and...
IRS announces two new types of HRAs coming on 2020
On June 13, 2019, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury released an advance copy of a Final Rule on Health...
New HSA limits for 2020
On May 28, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Revenue Procedure 2019-25 announcing the annual inflation-adjusted limits for health...