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Health Reimbursement Arrangements: An Option for Small Employers

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Though the employer shared responsibility provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) do not apply to small employers (generally, employers with fewer than 50 full-time equivalent employees), many...more

K&L Gates LLP

USCIS Increases Fees for Employer-Based Petitions

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On 30 January 2024, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a final rule (Final Rule) increasing the premium processing fee from US$2,500 to US$2,805, increasing filing fees for I-129 and I-140...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Diving Into SECURE 2.0: Changes for Small Employer Retirement Plans

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The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0) significantly changes the legal and administrative compliance landscape for U.S. retirement plans. Foley & Lardner LLP is authoring a series of articles that take a “deep dive” into key...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Tax Credits for Starting Up Small Employer Plans: What You Need to Know

Starting with tax years beginning after December 31, 2022, a small employer can take advantage of significant tax credits under SECURE Act 2.0 (the “Act”) for establishing a new retirement plan.  Under the Act, the tax...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Wait What??? I Don’t Have to Audit My Small Employer Retirement Plan Anymore??

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Seyfarth Synopsis: New rules change the method of counting participants for Form 5500 purposes, possibly both eliminating audits and allowing use of the abbreviated Form 5500-SF....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The SECURE Act 2.0: The Most Impactful Provisions #7—Tax Credits for Administrative and Contribution Costs for New Plans for Small...

The President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which included SECURE Act 2.0, on December 29, 2022. SECURE Act 2.0 has over 90 provisions, some major and some minor; some mandatory and some optional; some...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Client Alert: Raising the Curtain on the Next Act: SECURE ACT 2.0

Introduction - On December 29, 2022, the President signed into law the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (“SECURE 2.0”). As its name suggests, SECURE 2.0 expands on actions taken by the original SECURE Act of 2019 (“SECURE 1.0”). ...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The SECURE Act 2.0: The Most Impactful Provisions #6 – Tax Credits for Administrative and Contribution Costs for New Plans for...

The President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which included SECURE Act 2.0, on December 29, 2022. SECURE Act 2.0 has over 90 provisions, some major and some minor; some mandatory and some optional; some...more

Snell & Wilmer

CalSavers Program Expanding for Small Employers

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On August 26, 2022, the Governor of California signed Senate Bill No. 1126 (“S.B. 1126”) into law, amending California’s CalSavers Retirement Savings Program (“CalSavers”). In general terms, CalSavers automatically enrolls...more

Laner Muchin, Ltd.

Illinois Expands Mandatory Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program to Smaller Employers:

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Governor Pritzker recently signed into law an expansion to Illinois’s Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program (Program) that soon will require compliance with the Program by employers with five or more employees. Previously,...more

Fisher Phillips

Tracker Reveals: Hot COVID Litigation Summer Could Foreshadow Trouble for Employers

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A sharp increase in pandemic-related workplace litigation this summer could spell trouble for employers, as we expect to see a steady increase in COVID-19 lawsuits filed by employees across the country. That’s just one of 10...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

New COBRA Notice Requirements for Employers Begin This Month

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In the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”), Congress provided 6 months of free COBRA coverage for certain individuals who are eligible for COBRA continuation coverage due to a qualifying event that is a reduction in...more

Kaufman & Canoles

Health Care Client Alert - April 2021

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Increased Obamacare Health Insurance Subsidies Provide Savings Opportunity for Small Employers - How the Federal Government Subsidizes Health Insurance - Since 2014, the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) has provided...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Securing Retirement: Additional SECURE Act and Miners Act Guidance for Retirement Plans

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued practical and helpful guidance in a question-and-answer format for tax-qualified retirement plans and for an Individual Retirement Arrangement (IRA), regarding the...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

Senate Bill 1383: This One’s for the Little Guys! (And also the big…)

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To date, California employers with fewer than 50 employees have had it easy. Well, relatively. They have not had to learn and comply with the federal Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) or the California Family Rights Act (CFRA)....more

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Labor Union Plants a Big Flag in Western North Carolina

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“Change is the only constant in life.” - Heraclitus (535 to 475 B.C.E.) - Registered nurses at HCA Healthcare's Mission Health system in Asheville have recently voted to be represented by the National Nurses Organizing...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

California Expands Family and Medical Leave Law to Cover Small Employers

California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed SB 1383, which expands employees’ leave entitlements under California’s Family Rights Act and New Parent Leave Act. Effective January 1, 2021, these leave provisions will apply...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

California May Expand Unpaid Family Leave Requirements for Small Business

Last week, just before adjourning for a COVID-19-shortened summer recess, the California State Senate passed a measure that, if it becomes law, would significantly expand the availability of unpaid family leave in the state....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Ending Social Distancing for Small Employer 401(k) Plans – DOL Asks for Suggestions on MEP and PEP Guidance

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Seyfarth Synopsis: A key component of the SECURE Act, passed at the end of 2019, was the expansion of opportunities to combine the 401(k) plan assets of multiple unrelated employers. ...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

The Code to the Rescue! Leveraging the Internal Revenue Code to Help Employees During the COVID-19 Crisis

As we find ourselves in the midst of a national medical and financial crisis, employers are asking what they can do to help employees, and how they can do it in a way that costs less money. Although the President just signed...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

New Retirement Plan Legislation Enacted Into Law

On December 20, 2019, federal legislation approving spending limits for the 2020 fiscal year was signed into law. Included in the legislation is the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the...more

Stokes Wagner

The Right Talent, Right Now

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Employers throughout the U.S. are wrapping up October by participating in National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), a tradition that can be traced back to 1945. The purpose of NDEAM is to raise awareness about...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

It’s better than nothing

Small employers have a tough time affording 401(k) plans, that’s a fact. 401(k) plans aren’t cheap and most of the savings touted by multiple employer plans aren’t there. So many companies and governments are offering SEP-IRA...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

New York City’s Training Requirements Likely Expanded as it Extends NYCHRL Protections to Non-Employees

New York recently extended its protections of the New York City Human Rights Law to non-employees, including contractors and freelancers, following in the footsteps of New York State, which recently amended its Human Rights...more

Williams Mullen

Health Reimbursement Arrangement Update

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On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, Brydon DeWitt reviews the final health reimbursement regulations that go into effect on January 1, 2020....more

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