measurement period Archives

Compliance Recap // May 2016

June 20, 2016

ADA, Affordable Care Act (PPACA), CMS, Compliance Alert, DOL, GINA, IRS

After a quiet few months, federal agencies were quite busy during the month of May, issuing four important final rules that impact employers. Specifically, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued the long-awaited revisions to the white collar exemptions of the Fair Labor Standards Act; the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its final […]

COBRA and the Affordable Care Act (ACA)

January 4, 2016

6055/6056 Reporting, Affordable Care Act (PPACA), COBRA, Compliance Alert, Employer Mandate, Flexible Spending Account

The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) requires employers to offer covered employees who lose their health benefits due to a qualifying event to continue group health benefits for a limited time at the employee’s own cost. COBRA provisions are found in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the Internal Revenue Code (Code), and […]

Counting Employees Under Health Care Reform – Free Webinar Access

January 28, 2015

Affordable Care Act (PPACA), Employee Classification, Webinar

ATTENTION EMPLOYERS! ASK YOURSELF THESE QUESTIONS: As an employer, am I subject to the ACA Employer Mandate? How do I determine if I’m over 50 employees? or over 100 employees? Who is a common-law employee? How do I count temporary employees? What is a variable-hour employee? What is a measurement period? When do I start counting? […]