PeopleStrategy

APRIL 3, 2020

In the past two weeks, two major pieces of legislation have been passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES). Below you will find summaries of key provisions within each Act that impact employers and employees.

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McNees

MARCH 18, 2021

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “Act”) was signed into law on March 11, 2021. The Act increases the amount an employee can exclude from the employee’s income and contribute to a dependent care assistance plan from $5,000 to $10,500 for the year 2021 only. Dependent Care Assistance Plan.

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Higginbotham

JUNE 7, 2022

These limits vary based on whether an individual has self-only or family coverage under an HDHP. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires health insurance issuers and self-insured plan sponsors to pay Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute fees (PCORI fees). However, the PCORI fee payment for plan years ending in 2021 is due Aug.

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Business Management Daily

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

These cover the gamut from paid sick leave and medical leave, occupational safety rules, and expanded coverage for more family members like parents-in-law. The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing will administer more rules on family leave , sexual harassment, and much more affecting even small employers.

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Snell & Wilmer Benefits

JANUARY 24, 2023

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (“2022 CAA”) Section 307 – Congress extended HDHP telehealth relief under the CARES Act from April 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022, notably leaving a three-month gap in relief from January 1, 2022 – March 31, 2022. However, for non-calendar plan years, it may leave a gap in coverage.

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Business Management Daily

APRIL 19, 2021

For HR, one of the most difficult FMLA challenges is figuring out exactly how much FMLA leave workers can take. Beyond that, there’s the confusion over last year’s pandemic paid leave laws and the most recent extension. Beyond that, there’s the confusion over last year’s pandemic paid leave laws and the most recent extension.

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Business Management Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Some payroll tax compliance items are completed quarterly, or more frequently throughout the year. While you need to have the W-4 form with the withholding selections from employees in order to pay them properly, W-9s are mostly used for year-end reporting, as taxes are not taken out from their checks.

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Business Management Daily

APRIL 12, 2021

The CDC would like to see employers offering appropriate sick leave policies that discourage employees from coming to work sick. Provide paid leave to encourage staying home. Employers can also legally screen all employees with temperature checks without violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This has two parts.

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Genesis HR Solutions

JULY 23, 2018

Ballot printers were readying the presses to see if voters wanted to raise the minimum wage, decrease the sales tax, institute paid family leave and levy a 4% surtax on all income earned in excess of $1 million annually. “The Millionaires Tax”) measure unconstitutional. January, 2021), 1.1

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Workers' Compensation

JULY 14, 2023

As a result, the State faces a greater risk of preventable workplace injuries, spurious claims, and wasted tax dollars. The Division didn’t follow through on most of what it said it would do,” said Kevin Walsh, Acting State Comptroller. The vendor that manages medical services for injured workers still isn’t adequately monitored.

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Genesis HR Solutions

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

While these may seem like foundational components of HR, many businesses don’t have these things—as a result of these lacking hiring and training processes, their employees’ roles are unclear, goals are not achievable, and employees become dissatisfied and leave. Many states are enacting paid leave and other types of leave laws.

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Snell & Wilmer Benefits

JANUARY 24, 2023

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (“2022 CAA”) Section 307 – Congress extended HDHP telehealth relief under the CARES Act from April 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022, notably leaving a three-month gap in relief from January 1, 2022 – March 31, 2022. However, for non-calendar plan years, it may leave a gap in coverage.

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Benefits Notes

MAY 28, 2021

On May 18, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released much-anticipated guidance on premium subsidies for continuation coverage under Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) provided by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). Who qualifies as an Assistance Eligible Individual.

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cipHR

AUGUST 22, 2022

This includes tax evasion, breaching the national minimum wage, and exploitative working conditions. Biometric residence card (BRC) – for family members of European citizens who themselves are not from a European state. Sponsored workers who’ve provided biometrics previously will have an eVisa, a digital version of a BRP.

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Business Management Daily

APRIL 1, 2021

The Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA ) has been in the news quite a bit recently due to its close ties to ongoing COVID relief. Paid time off and Emergency FMLA leave. Mandated federal paid leave under the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA) ended December 31, 2020.

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Benefits Notes

MARCH 31, 2021

On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “ARPA”) into law. The ARPA also allows the employer, insurer, or multiemployer plan sponsor who subsided the premiums to offset the cost by claiming a new federal tax credit. Subsidized COBRA. Plans Subject to the ARPA Rules.

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Higginbotham

MAY 5, 2022

These limits vary based on whether an individual has self-only or family coverage under an HDHP. Eligible individuals with family HDHP coverage will be able to contribute $7,750 to their HSAs for 2023, up from $7,300 for 2022. EEOC Reporting for 2021 Workforce Data Due by May 17th. HSA/HDHP Limits. EEO-1 Reporting Background.

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Business Management Daily

DECEMBER 21, 2020

And failure to present answers to questions commonly asked by staff members taxes already busy human resource departments with unnecessary inquiries. If modernizing your employee handbook is on the agenda for 2021 (and it should be), let this checklist serve as food-for-thought about possible improvements.

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Insperity

JANUARY 9, 2020

Changes at the state and local level: Paid leave policies. The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requires that qualified employers grant up to 12 weeks per year of unpaid leave to eligible employees who need to care for family members or themselves. LGBT employment protections.

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InterWest Insurance Services

AUGUST 17, 2023

This newfound freedom for American workers has allowed many of them to leave the cities they were living in for small towns or even more remote areas around the country. of the working population) in 2021 from 9 million (5.7%) in 2019, according to the 2021 “American Community Survey” conducted by the U.S.

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Fringe Benefit Analysts

JANUARY 25, 2021

COVID Relief, No Surprises Act, FSA and DCAP Extensions, Transparency, and HIPAA Privacy Updates. . . Features of the Consolidated Appropriations Act. . The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (The Act) was signed into law on December 28th by President Trump. Tax Provisions. Education finances.

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Business Management Daily

JANUARY 27, 2021

Employees may file COVID-related lawsuits under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA ), or Workers Compensation (WC). For example, any medical information gleaned from the employee must be kept confidential. It expanded the reasons employees could take leave.

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

According to the most recent BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) data, 23% of private industry workers regularly have access to paid family leave. states offering family leave laws, the answer should be yes. So, what is paid family leave? states offering family leave? What is paid family leave?

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Business Management Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act’s (FFCRA) pending sunset creates challenges for employers and employees seeking FMLA leave for COVID related reasons. The FFCRA expanded Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA ) rights and funded paid leave for many pandemic-related reasons.

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