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FFCRA Updates and CARES Act Provisions

by Sue Justice | Apr 11, 2020 | Company Policies, compliance, COVID19, DOl, employment, Human Resources, IRS, Uncategorized

Families First Coronavirus Response Act Since the enactment of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act on March 18, new information and guidance has been released every few days, though still much slower than employers would like. We have summarized what we...

Tips to Handle an Infectious Disease Outbreak – FAQ

by emeryhr | Mar 17, 2020 | Business - general, Business Culture, Company Policies, EEOC, FMLA, Healthcare, Human Resources, OSHA, Uncategorized

How to Handle an Infectious Disease Outbreak MERS in the Middle East in 2012 – 2013. Ebola in West Africa in 2014 – 2016. Zika virus in South and Central America in 2016 – 2017. Pandemic influenza in the U.S. in 2009 and 2018. Coronavirus (COVID-19), beginning in...

Executive Order On Healthcare Cost To Affect Employer Health Plans

by emeryhr | Aug 2, 2019 | compliance, Employee Benefits, Healthcare, Prescription Drugs, Uncategorized

President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order aimed at improving price and quality transparency in health care. The order is intended to increase availability of health care price and quality information and protect patients from surprise medical bills....

DOL Enforcement Actions Are up and Expected to Stay That Way

by emeryhr | Jun 24, 2019 | Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Business - general, Company Policies, compliance, Employee Benefits, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), FLSA, Human Resources, OSHA, Uncategorized

U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta recently said that he “fully expects” OSHA inspections to increase once new inspectors are trained. Acosta’s remarks are in line with the significant increase in enforcement actions employers have seen in the past two fiscal...

IRS and DOL Issue Guidance on Association Health Plans

by emeryhr | Oct 5, 2018 | Business - general, Employee Benefits, employment, Uncategorized

Both the IRS and Department of Labor (DOL) have issued new compliance guidance for association health plans (AHPs). On June 21, 2018, the DOL published a final rule that expands the ability of employers to join together to form AHPs. According to the DOL, these...

FFCRA Updates and CARES Act Provisions

Tips to Handle an Infectious Disease Outbreak – FAQ

Executive Order On Healthcare Cost To Affect Employer Health Plans

DOL Enforcement Actions Are up and Expected to Stay That Way

IRS and DOL Issue Guidance on Association Health Plans

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