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8 Ways Your Company Can Provide Employee Benefits
#GuestBlogger - Andy Hughes: Vizzi.Biz Image via Pexels Being an employee can be tough on the body and mind, especially when you're...
Andy Hughes
Jan 18, 20243 min read
DOL Proposes FLSA Overtime Rule With Higher Salary Levels for White-collar Employees
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a proposed rule to amend current requirements employees in whitecollar occupations must...
Karl J. Ruth Jr.
Jan 2, 20241 min read
Federal: IRS Updates Annual Benefit Maximums for Health Flexible Spending Accounts and More
Each year in the fall, the IRS announces new limits for several types of benefits that have maximums subject to annual indexing. You can...
Karl J. Ruth Jr.
Dec 20, 20232 min read
Federal: IRS Releases 2024 Retirement Plan Contribution Limits
On November 1, 2023, the IRS announced the following changes for 2024: The contribution limit for employees who participate in 401(k),...
Karl J. Ruth Jr.
Dec 12, 20232 min read
Federal: IRS Releases 2024 PCORI Fee
The IRS released Notice 2023-70, with the 2024 adjusted applicable dollar amount of $3.22 per covered life for the Patient-Centered...
Karl J. Ruth Jr.
Nov 14, 20231 min read
ACA Affordability Threshold Decreases for 2024 Plan Year
On August 23, 2023, the IRS announced that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) affordability threshold will be 8.39%, reduced from 9.12% in...
Karl J. Ruth Jr.
Oct 4, 20231 min read
Employer Responsibilities with Medicare Notices
Powered by: Mineral The Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) requires employers sponsoring prescription drug benefits to distribute an annual...
Karl J. Ruth Jr.
Sep 6, 20231 min read
What Employers Should Know About Pregnancy Discrimination
Powered by Mineral Pregnancy discrimination happens when an employer treats an applicant or employee unfavorably because they’re...
Karl J. Ruth Jr.
Aug 10, 20234 min read
ERISA: Form 5500 Introduction
Powered by: Mineral The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation...
Karl J. Ruth Jr.
Jul 26, 20234 min read
McLaren Health Plan to Exist Group Health Market in Michigan
McLaren Health Plan and Physicians Health Plan (PHP) have advised they will no longer offer health insurance to commercial business...
Karl J. Ruth Jr.
Jul 25, 20231 min read
ACA: PCORI Fee
Powered by: Mineral The Affordable Care Act (ACA) created the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study clinical...
Karl J. Ruth Jr.
Jun 21, 20239 min read
IRS Addresses Claims Substantiation Requirement for FSAs
The IRS recently issued a Chief Counsel Advice Memorandum that provides important reminders about the claims substantiation requirements...
Karl J. Ruth Jr.
Jun 12, 20232 min read
5th Circuit Reinstates ACA’s Preventive Care Coverage Mandate
On May 15, 2023, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an administrative stay of enforcement of the District Court’s ruling in...
Karl J. Ruth Jr.
Jun 5, 20232 min read
Federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Due This Month
Powered by: MINERAL Federal employment law is about to give birth to some long-overdue requirements. As of June 27, 2023, employers with...
Karl J. Ruth Jr.
Jun 2, 20232 min read
HSA/HDHP Limits Will Increase for 2024
On May 16, 2023, the IRS released Revenue Procedure 2023-23 to provide the inflation-adjusted limits for health savings accounts (HSAs)...
Karl J. Ruth Jr.
May 30, 20232 min read
Prescription Drug Report Is Due by June 1, 2023
The deadline for health plans and health insurance issuers to submit their second prescription drug data collection (RxDC) report is June...
Karl J. Ruth Jr.
May 25, 20231 min read
First Gag Clause Attestations Due December 31, 2023
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA) prohibits employer-sponsored group health plans from entering into agreements that...
Karl J. Ruth Jr.
May 24, 20234 min read
COBRA Qualifying Events and Examples
Powered by: MINERAL The following chart and examples use the assumption that the employer is a covered employer subject to federal COBRA...
Karl J. Ruth Jr.
Apr 14, 20231 min read
Five Key ACA Questions Answered
Powered by: MINERAL This guide answers five common questions regarding ACA reporting. Who Must Report What Forms Must Be Used When Are...
Karl J. Ruth Jr.
Feb 22, 20231 min read
Benefit Notices for New Hires
Photo by: Pixabay Powered by: MINERAL Employers sponsoring group health plans are required by federal law to provide certain notices and...
Karl J. Ruth Jr.
Feb 21, 20231 min read
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