Beginning January 1, 2020, employees who have worked at least 820 hours in employment in the last four completed calendar quarters will be eligible for between 12 to 18 weeks of leave annually to: Care and bond after a baby’s birth or placement of a child younger than 18 Care for a family member experiencing […]
What is the New Reporting Requirement? Massachusetts has resurrected a version of the Health Insurance Disclosure form (HIRD). State law requires every employer in Massachusetts who had six or more employees in any month during the past 12 months preceding the November 30 due date of this form (December 1, 2017 – November 30, 2018) […]
New York’s Paid Family Leave Law was passed in 2017 and effective January 1, 2018 with a four-year phase in. For 2019 New York is making the second-year enhancements and changes as proposed in the law. See our 2017 Alert which details the proposed phase-in. Employees can take paid family leave to bond with a […]
The New York City Paid Safe and Sick Leave Law originally went into effect April 1, 2014. The law mandated that employers with five or more employees who are employed for more than 80 hours a calendar year in New York City must provide paid sick leave. Employees can begin using leave 120 days after […]
Most people think of spring flowers in the month of May. If you are in the benefits field, May brings to mind the anticipated release of the annual inflation adjusted amounts for Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). This is fresh on the heels of the infamous IRS flip-flop reducing the 2018 maximum family contribution by $50 […]
2017 San Francisco HCSO Form Released: If you are a San Francisco employer, April signals the start of data collection to complete the 2017 Health Care Security Ordinance (HCSO) Annual Reporting Form. The due date for this filing is April 30, 2018. Employers Required to File You are a covered employer and are required to file […]
The COBRA rules apply differently to stock and asset deals. Question: How do the COBRA M&A rules apply to a stock deal vs. an asset deal? This is a two part response. Compliance Team Answer: Part I: Stock Deal In a stock sale, if the selling group ceases to provide any group health plan to […]
If an employee receives a COBRA subsidy can they defer enrollment? Question: Our client has a new employee who is currently enrolled in COBRA subsidized by the prior employer. The employee wants to remain on COBRA until the subsidy ends 12/21, and then enroll in the current employer’s plan. Can the employee enroll when the […]
The end of July will be here in a blink of an eye, which means another round of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fees will soon be due for employers with a self-insured medical plan. This round of the annual PCORI fee imposed on health insurance issuers and self-insured plan sponsors must be reported and […]
Of the 12 states and District of Columbia with family and medical leave laws, only three states – California, New Jersey and Rhode Island currently offer paid family and medical leave. New York is set to become the fourth state effective January 1, 2018. The program will be phased in over a four-year period and […]
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