Compliance Recap July 2017 July was a relatively quiet month in the employee benefits world, despite the U.S. Senate’s release of two bills in its attempt to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). First, the U.S. Senate revised its Better Care Reconciliation Act and declined to vote on its revision. Then the […]
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Compliance Recap // May 2017
May was an active month in the employee benefits world. On May 4, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill titled the “American Health Care Act of 2017” (AHCA) to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released its Employer Shared Responsibility affordability percentage […]
Read moreNew Form I-9 Released
The U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) released the revised version of Form I-9, the Employment Eligibility Verification Form. Employers may begin using the new form immediately, but must discontinue the use of the old form (dated March 8, 2013) by January 22, 2017. Section 274A(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act requires employers to […]
Read moreEmployment Eligibility: How to Handle Questions about Worker Identity
Reports submitted to the U.S. government that include both names and Social Security numbers (SSNs), such as 1095 and W-2 forms, are filtered through U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In some cases, employers will receive a No-Match Letter or an Employer Correction Request from the […]
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