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18 Aug Affordable Care Act: Will Your Group Health Plan be Affordable in 2021?

Posted at 13:42h in Affordable Care Act, Commercial Insurance, Employee Benefits, Group Benefits, Health Insurance, Human Resources

The Affordable Care Act’s affordability threshold for employer-sponsored group health plans will increase to 9.83 percent in 2021. The affordability threshold is currently 9.78 percent. The impending increase primarily affects employers with 50 or more full-time or full-time equivalent employees. The ACA generally requires these...

08 Jan FLSA Update: New Regulations Clarify Wage & Hour Calculation for Perks and Benefits

Posted at 18:04h in Employee Benefits, Human Resources, Labor & Employment Law

New Fair Labor Standards Act regulations should make it easier for employers to offer perks and benefits to employees. The Department of Labor updated the regulations to clarify the distinction between payments that must be included in an employee’s “regular rate” and payments that may be excluded. Since the...

24 Sep Does Workers’ Compensation Coverage Follow Employees Working Out-of-State?

Posted at 13:15h in Employee Benefits, Human Resources, Safety

Does workers’ compensation insurance coverage automatically follow employees when they travel or work out of state? Nope. Workers’ compensation laws are state-specific. So are workers’ compensation insurance policies. An employee injured while working out of state will not have workers’ compensation coverage unless that state...

01 Nov Florida’s Minimum Wage Will Be Going Up In 2018

Posted at 16:52h in Employee Benefits, Human Resources

On January 1, 2018, Florida’s minimum wage will be going up fifteen cents to $8.25 per hour. The minimum wage for tipped employees, which is in addition to tips, is also going up fifteen cents to $5.23 per hour. The Florida Minimum Wage Act, which...

06 Feb The Affordable Care Act: What Does President Trump’s Executive Order Mean for Employers?

Posted at 13:35h in Affordable Care Act, Employee Benefits, Group Benefits

It wasn’t long before campaign promises to repeal Obamacare became official White House policy. On his first day in office, President Trump issued an Executive Order stating that “it is the policy of my Administration to seek the prompt repeal of the Patient Protection and...

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08 Jan FLSA Update: New Regulations Clarify Wage & Hour Calculation for Perks and Benefits

24 Sep Does Workers’ Compensation Coverage Follow Employees Working Out-of-State?

01 Nov Florida’s Minimum Wage Will Be Going Up In 2018

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