New York State Announces 2020 Paid Family Leave Rates
New York State Paid Family Leave (NYS PFL) provides employees with job-protected, paid time off to bond with a new...
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Employer Reminder: Plan Administrators Must Furnish Plan Documents Upon Request
Recently, a district court awarded $41,140 to an employee for an employer’s failure to timely furnish health care plan documents...
Updates to Washington D.C. Individual Mandate Reporting Requirements
The Washington D.C. (“D.C.”) Office of Tax and Revenue recently released guidance on the employer reporting requirements under ...
New York Requires Insurers to Cover Mammograms
On August 2, 2019, New York Governor signed S3852A, known as “Shannon’s Law”, which requires insurers to provide mammograms to...
IRS Issues Notices to Employers for Late ACA Reporting Submissions
Employers have started receiving Notice 972CG from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which proposes penalties on employers for filing their...
California Expands Eligibility for Domestic Partnership
On July 30, 2019, California passed SB 30 (“bill”), which changes the requirements for domestic partnership under California law. The...
HDHPs Can Now Offer Benefits that Treat Chronic Conditions Before Deductibles are Met
On July 17, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2019-45 (“Notice”), which allows health saving account (HSA)-qualified high...
IRS Releases the 2020 ACA Rates for “Affordable” Employer-Sponsored Coverage
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Rev. Proc. 2019-29, which sets the 2020 rates used to determine whether employer-sponsored coverage...
The House of Representatives Repeals the ACA Cadillac Tax
UPDATE 12/19/19: On 12/19/19 Congress passed the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, which permanently repealed the Cadillac Tax. This means that...
Oregon Passes Paid Family and Medical Leave
The Oregon legislature recently passed a paid leave law (“Program” or “PFML”), marking the eighth state to provide their workers...