by Muzaffar | Jul 18, 2019 | Group Health Benefits, News and Updates
In late May, the IRS announced that health savings account contribution limits would be increasing slightly in 2020, providing employers that sponsor high-deductible health plans with plenty of advance notice before open enrollment season begins later this...
by Muzaffar | Jul 16, 2019 | Human Resource Regulations, Human Resources Administration, News and Updates
On June 24, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order to support more "opaque pricing structures" within healthcare services. The purpose of the order to is enable American consumers to have better and more transparent access to...
by Muzaffar | Jun 17, 2019 | Human Resources, Human Resources Administration, News and Updates
Whether they find them helpful or pesky, almost all consumers have grown accustomed to the presence of chatbots, the conversational artificial intelligence programs that use voice or text to convincingly simulate how a human would answer questions and provide advice...
by Muzaffar | Jun 10, 2019 | Human Resources, Human Resources Administration, News and Updates
When a situation arises that involves the departure of an employee, one of the first considerations on the mind of that worker as well their HR representative is often the potential for severance. Over the past few years, though, there has been a decline in the number...
by Muzaffar | May 30, 2019 | News and Updates, Payroll Services
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has been ordered to collect employee EEO-1 pay data by Sept. 30, 2019.The court's ruling means that employers now have roughly four months to submit their 2017 and 2018 data for Component 2 of the EEO-1 form,...
by Muzaffar | May 1, 2019 | News and Updates, Payroll Services
Most individuals are breathing a sigh of relief in response to the passing of tax season. But for employers and HR professionals, the coming and going of April 15 means nothing as far as payroll taxes are concerned.The federal government levies payroll taxes on...