This guide breaks down employee benefits compliance and how benefit plans are designed, administered, and maintained.

Election Day is almost here, so now is a good time to brush up on voting leave laws and make sure you’re posting any mandatory notices....

The first increase in the new minimum salary thresholds for exempt executive, administrative, professional, and highly compensated...

This chart covers current state and local minimum wage rates, as well as tipped minimum wage rates, for 2024. It will be updated with any...

Provided by: Intuit Quickbooks On May 9, 2024, the IRS released Rev. Proc. 2024-25, announcing the 2025 health savings accounts (HSAs)...

On April 17, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis Missouri. In this case, a...

With the new year approaching, it is important be reminded of the upcoming compliance requirements employer plan sponsors must comply...

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a final rule which bans almost all noncompete clauses nationwide. The...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that the 2023 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection will open April 30. The...

On January 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule, effective March 11, 2024, revising the Department’s...

As of June 15, 2023, the state’s employment discrimination law, which applies to employers of all sizes, defines race to include...

On August 23, 2023, the IRS announced that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) affordability threshold will be 8.39%, reduced from 9.12% in...

Powered by: Mineral The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation...

Powered by: Mineral The Affordable Care Act (ACA) created the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study clinical...

Health and Human Services (HHS), the regulating body for the Individual and Family Plans (IFP), aka ACA, released their annual guidance...

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA) prohibits employer-sponsored group health plans from entering into agreements that...

Effective March 31, 2024, Michigan’s Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act’s definition of sex, as a protected class, will be amended to include...

As we advised last October, the end date for the COVID-related I-9 verification flexibility was (and still is) scheduled for July 31,...

Powered by: MINERAL Photo by: Pixabay Breastfeeding employees who are returning to work usually know how much extra work pumping is going...

On Wednesday, April 5, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule (CMS-4201-F) governing policy and...