by Muzaffar | Jun 17, 2019 | Group Health Benefits
The employer mandate requires companies with 50 or more full time equivalent employees to either provide affordable health coverage or else pay a tax penalty. For recruitment and retention purposes, many businesses have opted to provide their staff with coverage, even...
by Muzaffar | Jun 13, 2019 | Group Health Benefits, Human Resources
A number of workplaces across different industries are working to enhance the lives of their staff members and increase job satisfaction through the use of wellness programs. Surveys have shown that when employees do have access to wellness resources through a...
by Muzaffar | Apr 17, 2019 | Group Health Benefits, Human Resource Regulations, News and Updates
The courts have complicated the efforts of President Donald Trump's administration to allow small businesses to pursue more affordable healthcare coverage options. A federal judge in the District of Columbia recently found that portions of the Department of...
by Muzaffar | Apr 1, 2019 | Group Health Benefits, Human Resource Regulations, News and Updates
Federal regulators are seeking ways to help keep grandfathered health plans in business, even though some benefit advisors believe it's past time that they be retired.In a Feb. 25 issue of the Federal Register, the Department of Labor, Department of Health...
by Muzaffar | Apr 1, 2019 | Group Health Benefits, Human Resource Regulations, News and Updates
A November 2018 ruling by a federal district court in Ohio demonstrated just how costly it can be when employers fail to understand the continuation coverage rules that exist under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, and how that law interacts...
by Muzaffar | Mar 11, 2019 | Group Health Benefits, Human Resource Regulations, News and Updates
Late last year, the government released a proposed rule to expand the use of health reimbursement arrangements – the employer-funded, tax-advantaged accounts that employees can currently only use to reimburse the cost of out-of-pocket medical...
