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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC), also known as Obamacare, is a United States federal statute passed in March of 2010. The Act creates a nationwide insurance system and provides federal... more +

June 2021: The Top 19 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 7/7/2021

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Universities and Health Insurance: Higher Ed Institutions Now Have More Options With the New HRA Regs

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/8/2019

Regulations published last month grant employers more options for covering their employees with health insurance, effective January 1, 2020. The regulations will be particularly favorable to higher education institutions....more

Tax Reform Changes to Healthcare

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/22/2017

Following a final vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday morning, Dec. 20, 2017, Congress sent the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1) to President Donald Trump's desk. In addition to extensive revisions to the tax...more

Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House

Pierce Atwood LLP on 2/27/2017

Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House provides a high-level overview of recent activity at the Maine State House. Clean Election Funding for Gubernatorial Candidates Being Challenged - Maine’s Clean Election...more

Student Health Insurance Subsidies Catch Another Break

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 11/1/2016

On October 21, 2016, the Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury (collectively, the Departments) issued a FAQ providing indefinite relief for employers who subsidize student health...more

Healthcare Subsidies for Grad Students: An ACA Conundrum

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 6/17/2016

Colleges and universities historically have provided graduate student employees (e.g., teaching assistants) with a stipend or reimbursement to help defray (or even fully cover) the cost of their medical coverage under the...more

Subsidizing Student Health Insurance With Stipends – New Agency Guidance and Relief

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 2/10/2016

On February 5, 2016, the Departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services (the Departments) issued guidance addressing the application of market reforms and other provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)...more

Student Employees and the Affordable Care Act – Part 4 of 4: If students are employees, how are their hours counted?

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 6/15/2015

In our prior installments, we determined that students who work at least 30 hours per week for their educational institutions are “full time” employees of those institutions under the Affordable care Act’s employer shared...more

Student Employees and the Affordable Care Act – Part 2 of 4: Can an offer of student coverage count as an applicable large...

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 6/5/2015

In the previous installment of this series, we addressed whether student employees may be excluded from an employer’s offer of coverage. We concluded that a blanket exclusion of this nature could put an employer at risk for...more

Student Employees and the Affordable Care Act – Part 1 of 4: Can we exclude student workers from our health plan?

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 6/3/2015

Educational institutions employ students in a variety of positions including work-study positions, teaching and research assistantships, and resident assistantships. This four-part series will discuss several issues that...more

Health Care Reform Challenges for Educational Institutions

Williams Mullen on 11/7/2014

Educational institutions will face some unique challenges as the Affordable Care Act's “employer shared responsibility” requirement becomes effective next year. Beginning January 1, 2015, large employers that do not offer...more

Student Employees under the Affordable Care Act's Employer Mandate

Ballard Spahr LLP on 11/5/2014

Effective January 1, 2015, colleges and universities will need to comply with the employer mandate under the Affordable Care Act, which will have particular implications involving certain student employees. The employer...more

Final Affordable Care Act Regulations on the Exemption of Contraceptives Coverage by Religious Employers and Student Health...

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/5/2013

The final regulations retain the definition of a religious employer, modify the accommodations provided for eligible organizations that object to contraception coverage on religious grounds, and describe how contraceptives...more

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