Employers filing taxes must be diligent when classifying independent contractor and employees.

Healthier businesses will receive higher-than-expected rate increases because they are now being pooled with the less healthy plans that may include employees who smoke and engage in other unhealthy behaviors.

Employers served with an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) subpoena requesting private employee information – regardless of its arguable relevance – may nevertheless be compelled to respond.

A congressional committee attempts last-minute bid to block the plan, but President Obama would surely veto any legislation.

Shifting employee coverage to Medicaid represents a lost opportunity to improve business processes and may prove costly in the long run for businesses in thin-margin industries that can least afford high absenteeism.U

Retirement advisers should be ‘proactively preparing’ for the impending regulatory changes.

Leslie Straus leads a fast-growing division of The Benefit Companies that focuses solely on helping employers tackle the problem of tracking, monitoring and analyzing employee data.

Leslie Straus leads a fast-growing division of The Benefit Companies that focuses solely on helping clients and fellow advisers tackle the problem of tracking, monitoring and analyzing employee data.

Businesses that share employees or use contractors may become legally responsible for wage and hour violations committed by another employer. Employers that utilize alternative employment arrangements need to be mindful of these rules to avoid facing liability for another entity’s mistakes.

While employers are applauding the recent Flambeau wellness program court decision, they still need to be mindful of how the EEOC views ‘gateway’ HRAs.

Given the growing regulatory climate, some brokerages are finding it makes financial sense to employ their own lawyers.

As employers prepare to distribute Forms 1095-C to employees by the newly extended IRS deadline of March 31, they should brace for increased questions from workers about the new forms.

Those employers truly dodged a bullet. There are a couple advantages for starting this late in the game.

Commentary: Since the Family and Medical Leave Act was signed into law in 1993, employee benefits administration and time-off tracking have never been the same.

Throughout the year, a number of guest bloggers have provided valuable insights to EBN readers on the complex changes and issues affecting healthcare, retirement and other benefits programs.

Seeking an alternative to the DOL's controversial proposed fiduciary rule, some members of Congress are drafting their own proposal that would establish rules for advisers working with savers and plans without the regulatory burdens and litigation risks that critics see in the DOL's plan.

Under new final regulations, which take effect Jan. 1, 2016, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation substantially reduced the reporting requirements for pension plan administrators, sponsors and contributing employers.

Care must be taken to coordinate your company’s efforts to review and revise employment terms. Here are a few common problem areas to which HR and benefit managers should pay particular attention.

Commentary: A former Intel Corporation employee is suing the company for allegedly breaching its fiduciary responsibilities by investing employees’ retirement money in “risky and high-cost” hedge funds and private equity funds.