HR & Compliance

  • Potential Legal Issues Associated with Workplace Wellness Plans (Part 1) by

    Posted on: March 24, 2015Categories: HR & Compliance

    This provides an overview of potential legal issues related to employer-sponsored wellness plans. The list of issues presented in this article is not exclusive. Wellness programs must be carefully structured to comply with both state and federal laws. To avoid noncompliance, employers should have their legal counsel review their wellness programs before they are rolled out to employees. Look for the second part of this list on Thursday’s Blog! The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Nothing ...

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  • Certifications of Employee Eligibility for Subsidies  by

    Posted on: March 23, 2015Categories: HR & Compliance

    The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires health insurance Exchanges to send a notice to employers regarding employees who purchase coverage through an Exchange and qualify for a health insurance subsidy. These notices are also called “Section 1411 Certifications” because the notice requirement is contained in Section 1411 of the ACA. The Section 1411 Certification is part of the process established by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for verifying that only eligible individua ...

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  • ACA: Are you an Applicable Large Employer? by

    Posted on: March 19, 2015Categories: HR & Compliance

    Applicable Large Employer Applicable large employers are subject to the employer shared responsibility provisions of the Affordable Care Act and related information reporting requirements. Under the ACA, your organization is an applicable large employer for a year if you had an average of at least 50 full-time employees (including full-time equivalent employees) during the prior year. For this purpose, a full-time employee for any calendar month is an employee who has on average at least 30 hou ...

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