Each of the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) laws prohibits retaliation and related conduct: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act (Rehabilitation Act), the Equal Pay Act (EPA), and Title […]
Join AP Benefit Advisors’ General Counsel and VP of Compliance, Patrick C. Haynes, Jr., on this webinar as he reviews the top challenges facing health and welfare compliance for the upcoming year. Discussion will include guidance on wellness programs, Marketplace Notices, as well as HSA and Form 5500 updates. Patrick’s main focus is to keep […]
Key benefit requirements and deadlines for 2016. September Summary Annual Report (SAR) – A narrative summary of your Form 5500, including a statement of the right to receive the annual report, must be distributed to plan participants by the last day of the ninth month following the end of the plan year, by September 30th […]
Going into effect on October 1, 2016, is Montgomery County, MD’s new Earned Sick and Safe Leave law which requires employers to provide paid leave to most of their employees that perform work in Montgomery County. There are exceptions such as employees who work eight or less hours per week and employees that don’t have […]
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the final version of the new Form I-9 on August 25, 2016. They also issued a Notice of Action which allows for a 150-day period from the date of approval for employers to implement the new form into their processes. This puts the compliance date at January […]
Join AP Benefit Advisors’ Director of Voluntary Benefits, Stephen Ivey, for a complimentary, 1-hour, SHRM* pre-approved webinar as he reviews the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its influence on voluntary benefits. Discussion will comprise of changes in the market as a result of PPACA and the best practices for implementing voluntary plans in the post-ACA […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released proposed regulations that include 2018 benefit parameters and payment measures. These are scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on September 6, 2016. While this grouping of proposed rules is mostly for insurance carriers, and includes risk adjustment and revised actuarial value methodology, […]
While the President’s signature achievement, his healthcare reform effort “PPACA,” now known as both Obamacare and the Affordable Care Act, hasn’t been a big hit amongst health insurers and some politicians, others still cite it as a “triumph” – a triumph that brought coverage to 20 million people that lacked it previously. As the last […]