The fate of the ACA’s excise tax notwithstanding, employers continue to look at an array of options to rein in their healthcare costs.

Under the proposal, the agency expands its list of the evidence or facts that an employee can show to show establish a retaliation claim.

The bipartisan Senate bill 1661 represents a way out of the crisis. But getting congress to pass it will require all of our efforts.

Despite expected hurdles, congressional representatives, including Sen. Martin Heinrich, tell CIAB legislative summit attendees, "We will get a repeal done."

Concerns about the ACA’s excise tax remain, but high plan expenses are the bigger problem

In joint guidance issued last week the DOL, Treasury and HHS clarified the application of health care reform provisions on student health coverage.

Under the proposal, the agency expands its list of the evidence or facts that an employee can show to show establish a retaliation claim.

Despite expected hurdles, congressional representatives, including Sen. Martin Heinrich, tell CIAB legislative summit attendees, ‘We will get a repeal done.’

The plan includes discussion of auto IRAs, state-run 401(k) plans and personal IRAs that would be available to Americans through the workplace.

Understanding ACA compliance is critical, but it mustn’t come at the expense of fundamental employee education.

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.