Regulation

The agency uses Letters 226J and 227 to assess ACA penalties from employers, and clients who receive them could have millions at stake.

Regardless of the regulation’s future, employers need to ensure they’re passing costs on to plan participants that are reasonable in light of the services provided.

Regardless of the regulation’s future, employers need to ensure they’re passing costs on to plan participants that are reasonable in light of the services provided.

Thanks to a higher level of scrutiny from regulators, many insurers also act as financial managers and this leads employers to find elective benefit alternatives.

The Sixth Circuit’s decision appears to be the next step towards an expansion of Title VII protections for sexual orientation and gender identity.

GAO requests that the IRS clarify how taxpayers report their participation to gain understanding of plans that could lead to exemption.

A new bill would mandate that private employers in the Garden State provide workers with up to nine days to deal with illness.

Despite the recent Fifth Court ruling, it’s too soon to say the regulation is dead. There may be a rehearing, and most importantly, best practice standards will live on.

Employers were hoping stabilization reforms would be included, but Mercer consultants say select benefits provisions could be revived at a later date.

Despite the recent Fifth Court ruling, it’s too soon to say the regulation is dead. There may be a rehearing, and most importantly, best practice standards will live on.