13 Oct Compliance Recap: September 2016

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Compliance Recap Provided by our Partner, United Benefit Advisors September was not a very active month for administrative rulemaking in the employee benefits world. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Department of Labor (DOL), and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) extended the public comment period for the...

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12 Oct Employer Exchange Appeals

Posted at 08:30h in ACA, ClearPath blog, Compliance News, Employee Benefits, employers, Health Care Reform, HR

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Over the last few months, employers have been receiving notices from the Federal Health Insurance Marketplace/Exchange regarding employees who applied for Exchange coverage and were determined eligible for a tax subsidy to defray part of the cost. These notices offer employers a first line of...

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11 Oct New FLSA Exemption Rules: Should You Take Advantage of the New Commission Provision?

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After years of anticipation, the U.S Department of Labor (DOL) has finally released the revised regulations affecting certain kinds of employees who may be treated as exempt from the federal Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) overtime and minimum-wage requirements. If you currently consider any of...

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07 Oct Changes Coming to the EEO-1 Report: Check Your Payroll Now

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), in coordination with the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), has proposed changes to the Employer Information Report (EEO-1) affecting the 2017 reporting cycle. The proposal would require employers to report employee W-2 wage data...

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06 Oct Congress moves to push back effective date of new OT rules

Posted at 08:30h in ClearPath blog, Compliance News, employers, Workplace

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Interesting article from HRMorning.com, by Tim Gould. It states that the effective date for new overtime rules could be pushed back from December 2017 to June 2017. This is significant for employers and employees alike, as they might be able to wait essentially another year for the law...

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04 Oct Final Summary of Benefits and Coverage Template and Updates

Posted at 08:30h in ACA, ClearPath blog, Compliance News, Employee Benefits, employers, Health Care, Health Care Plans, Obamacare

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From our partner, United Benefit Advisors (UBA), Final Summary of Benefits and Coverage Template and Updates A Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) is two-and-a-half page (double-sided) communication required by the federal government. It must contain specific information, in a specific order, and with a minimum size...

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03 Oct Report highlights employers’ biggest concerns: ACA, new bias claims and OT regs

Posted at 08:30h in ACA, ClearPath blog, Compliance News, employers, Health Care Reform, Study/Research

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What are your top concerns as an employer? See what others had to say in the article by Tim Gould. What’s keeping C-level execs up at night? Just a few small concerns like the new overtime rules, a likely increase in bias claims based on sexual...

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23 Sep Proposed regulations clarify TIN responsibilities, create new questions

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Ryan Moulder gives a little clarity on the new TIN regulations in the article below. On Aug. 2, 2016 the IRS published in the Federal Register proposed regulations which among other things attempt to clarify the confusion regarding Taxpayer Identification Number solicitations. This is the government’s...

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19 Sep Whitepapers: Making Wellness Programs Work, from United Benefit Advisors

Posted at 08:30h in Clear Path Benefits News, ClearPath blog, Compliance News, Employee Benefits, Study/Research, Wellness, whitepapers

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Great article from our partner, United Benefit Advisors (UBA) by Bill Olson UBA Announces New Resources for Employers Covering the Latest Trends and Legal Requirements for Wellness Programs Two-thirds of employers believe that good benefits increase employee productivity, according to the 2016 United Benefit Advisors Benefits Opinion...

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16 Sep Compliance Recap: August 2016

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August remained relatively quiet in the employee benefits world, with only new draft versions of the instructions for Forms 1095-C, 1095-C, 1094-B and 1095-B. The new draft versions of the specific forms were released in July. The IRS also released the annual contribution limits for...

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