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Employer Mandates is a term commonly used to describe employer insurance obligations under the Affordable Care Act. Under the Affordable Care Act, employers with 50 or more employees are required to provide minimum essential insurance coverage to their employees or else pay statutory penalties. The concept of an employer mandate is not unique to the Affordable Care Act; many EU countries have their own versions with different and/or expanded employer obligations. less -

Traps for the Unwary: Does Your Employee Handbook Comply with the Affordable Care Act?

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 8/10/2016

Do you think you’ve complied with the Affordable Care Act mandates? Before you answer yes, you’d best take a close look at your Employee Handbook – a minefield for mistakes....more

News from the Health Law Gurus™:

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 1/16/2015

News from the Health Law Gurus™ is a weekly summary of notable health law news from around the country with helpful links to related content. Check back every week for the latest health law news stories....more

ACA Outlook: What Will 2015 Hold for the Affordable Care Act and Employers?

Littler on 12/19/2014

For many employers, the effective date of the Affordable Care Act's "play-or-pay" mandate is only weeks away. The impending deadline comes amid questions about the future—and perhaps viability—of the law itself. Entering...more

Monthly Benefits Update - September 2014

Franczek P.C. on 10/7/2014

IRS Issues Guidance on How to Deal With a Change to an Employee’s Measurement Period Under ACA Employer Mandate - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2014-49, which proposes an approach for dealing with...more

The Affordable Care Act—Countdown to Compliance for Employers, Week 16: So What, Exactly, is an “Offer of Coverage”?

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 9/9/2014

Whether an employer makes the requisite offer of group health plan coverage is critical to the application of the Affordable Care Act’s employer shared responsibility rules as reflected in final implementing regulations...more

Health Care Reform: Who is a Full-Time Employee?

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 4/8/2014

Determining who is a full-time employee is an essential task under health care reform’s employer mandate, which generally imposes significant penalties on large employers who fail to offer their full-time employees affordable...more

The Affordable Care Act—Countdown to Compliance for Employers, Week 39: Common Law Employees and Offers of Coverage on Behalf of...

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 4/1/2014

Distinguishing employees who are full-time from those who are not takes up a good deal of real estate in final regulations published in the Federal Register on February 12 implementing the Act’s employer shared responsibility...more

A Vignette of Lingering Affordable Care Act Considerations

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 9/10/2013

Despite the highly publicized announcement that enforcement of the “Pay-or-Play” mandate (which requires businesses to provide health insurance to all full-time employees or face yearly penalties of up to $3,000 per employee)...more

Stand and Be Counted: Determining Full-Time Employees Who Must Be Offered Affordable Health Benefit Coverage Under The Employer...

BakerHostetler on 8/15/2013

The article "Start Counting," published in the June 3, 2013, edition of the Benefits Broadcast discussed how employers must "count" themselves into compliance with the ACA, and how the number of employees affects whether an...more

Obama Administration Delays Enforcement of the ACA Employer Shared Responsibility Rule to 2015

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 7/11/2013

In a move that took many by surprise, the Obama Administration on July 3 announced a one-year delay (to January 1, 2015 from January 1, 2014) in the enforcement of the employer mandate under the Patient Protection and...more

Healthcare Reform And Seasonal Guest Workers

Fisher Phillips on 7/5/2013

Many employers are eagerly watching the U.S. Congress as it debates comprehensive immigration reform legislation. However, employers of foreign workers need to be aware of another comprehensive reform already enacted—the...more

The Employer’s Playbook for ACA Compliance: Ten Practical Strategies for 2014

Saul Ewing LLP on 7/2/2013

The Affordable Care Act (a/k/a Health Care Reform, or the ACA) is complicated. While there is nothing in the ACA that requires any employer to provide group health care coverage to its employees, the failure to do so can come...more

Employer Responsibility – Will You Pay or Play?

Poyner Spruill LLP on 5/7/2013

Starting in 2014, provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act become effective known as “Pay or Play” or “Employer Shared Responsibility.” Large employers will be faced with the decision whether to offer...more

Health Care Reform “Pay Or Play” Guidance Issued

Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog on 2/4/2013

In early January, the Internal Revenue Service published proposed regulations on “Shared Responsibility for Employers Regarding Health Coverage.” These regulations incorporate the provisions of many previous Notices with...more

IRS Releases Proposed Regulations on the Affordable Care Act's Play or Pay Mandate

Proskauer Rose LLP on 1/31/2013

On January 2, 2013, the Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (collectively “IRS") published proposed regulations ("Proposed Regulations") on the Affordable Care Act's employer shared responsibility provisions,...more

Health Care Reform: "Employer Mandate" Guidance Issued

BakerHostetler on 1/24/2013

The U.S. Treasury Department recently released new guidance to assist employers (generally those with 50 or more full-time or full-time equivalent employees) in preparing and planning for the 2014 requirement to offer...more

Helpful Guidance Issued on Employer Mandate Issues

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/5/2012

Notice 2012-58 (August 31, 2012) describes a number of safe harbors related to the employer mandate under the Affordable Care Act. In today’s post, I want to focus on the Notice’s safe harbor method for determining the...more

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