July 31, 2019
New Law Becomes Effective Jan. 1, 2020 Beginning Jan. 1, 2020, employers with 6 or more employees will need to provide reasonable accommodations to limitations an employee may experience because of the employee’s pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition (including lactation). Employers will also be prohibited from denying employment opportunities to, taking adverse employment actions …
July 26, 2019
New Figure Marks Decrease from 2019 Under the employer shared responsibility (“pay or play”) provisions of the Affordable Care Act, applicable large employers—generally those who have 50 or more full-time employees (including full-time equivalent employees)—may be subject to a penalty if they do not offer affordable coverage that provides minimum value to their full-time employees …
July 24, 2019
New Law Became Effective July 2 New Jersey has amended its medical marijuana law to protect employees from adverse employment actions if they use cannabis for a qualifying medical condition. In addition, the new provisions require employers with drug-testing policies to notify employees and job applicants who have positive test results for cannabis that: They …
July 23, 2019
A new law (PDF) in Maine, effective Sept. 19, 2019, will require employers to allow veterans to take time away from work to attend a scheduled appointment at a medical facility operated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Employers that provide paid leave must allow veteran employees to use this paid leave for …
July 19, 2019
Employers Must Begin Collecting Employee Contributions By Feb. 1, 2021. On June 25, 2019, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed Public Act 19-25 into law, establishing a statewide paid family and medical leave program. This new paid family leave program will be funded through a mandatory payroll tax on employees of 0.5% of income, beginning in …
July 19, 2019
Expansion Allows Coverage Without a Deductible for Some Chronic Conditions A new IRS notice (PDF) expands the list of preventive care benefits that may be covered by a high deductible health plan (HDHP) without a deductible, or with a deductible below the minimum deductible for an HDHP. Except for preventive care benefits, an HDHP can …
July 15, 2019
Fees Apply to Employers Sponsoring Certain Self-Insured Plans As a reminder, employers that sponsor certain self-insured health plans are responsible for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fees. Fees for plan years that ended in 2018 are due July 31, 2019. Employers must report and pay the required PCORI fees annually via IRS Form 720. For …
July 11, 2019
Employers Must Submit 2017 and 2018 Data by Sept. 30 The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that the online filing system for EEO-1 Component 2 data will be available for all filers July 15, 2019, when system login information will also be sent to employers via regular mail and email. EEO-1 filers must …
July 11, 2019
New Law Becomes Effective Jan. 1, 2020. Beginning on Jan. 1, 2020, private employers with 50 or more employees in Nevada will be required to provide paid leave to all employees, except for temporary, seasonal and on-call workers. When this law becomes effective, employees will accrue 0.01923 hours of paid leave for every hour of …
July 11, 2019
Amendment Becomes Effective on Jan. 1, 2020. Oregon recently amended its Family Leave law to include donating a body part, organ, or tissue as a “serious health condition” that is covered by the law. This means eligible employees will be able to take a leave of absence under the law for purposes of donation, including …
