by Muzaffar | Oct 30, 2015 | Human Resources
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has extended the deadline for its EEO-1 survey to October 30. Despite the month-long postponement, companies should still review the necessary data and file the report as quickly as possible. Let's take a closer...
by Muzaffar | Aug 25, 2015 | Human Resources
The IRS recently announced that it will end the determination letter request process for individually designed tax-qualified retirement plans. This new regulation will go into effect Jan. 1, 2017 and affects companies and their human resources...
by Muzaffar | Jul 21, 2015 | Group Health Benefits, Human Resources
The U.S. Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states on June 26, 2015. With this decision, all federal benefits will also be available to same-sex couples. As a result, companies nationwide may need to adjust their benefits programs to include...
by Muzaffar | Jul 21, 2015 | Group Health Benefits, Human Resources
On June 25, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the federal government can continue to provide tax subsidies to eligible individuals with lower and middle who purchased their health insurance through the federal marketplace for affordable coverage. This...
by Muzaffar | Jul 9, 2015 | Group Health Benefits, Human Resources
On June 29, President Barack Obama signed the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015. While the law allows the president to push forward his plan for a 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership, Reuters reported, it also stiffens the penalties for insurers and...
by Muzaffar | Jul 3, 2015 | Human Resource Regulations, Human Resources
If the performance review process were to undergo a review itself, the results wouldn't be good: Only half of human resources professionals think annual reviews are an accurate way to appraise an employee's performance, according to a survey by the Society...
