News & Analysis as of

Full-Time Employees Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

Troutman Pepper

COVID-19 Employee Benefits: FAQs for Employers Focus on Health and Welfare Benefit Plans

Troutman Pepper on

It is hard to find a sector of the American workforce that has not been affected by the COVID-19 emergency. Employees are being asked to work from home if they are able, businesses are being forced to close, and employers are...more

Snell & Wilmer

2017 End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” List (Part 1) Health & Welfare

Snell & Wilmer on

As 2017 comes to an end, we are pleased to present our traditional End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. This year, we are presenting our “To Do” Lists in four separate Employee Benefits Updates. This Part 1 will cover...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Can the ACA Employer Health-Insurance Mandate Be Avoided by Reducing Employees’ Hours? McGuireWoods Healthcare Reform Guide:...

McGuireWoods LLP on

This is the 56th in a series of WorkCite articles concerning the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and its companion statute, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (referred to collectively as the...more

Laner Muchin, Ltd.

Employer Facing Potential Liability For Allegedly Reducing Worker Hours To Avoid Affordable Care Act Penalties

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on

The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) employer shared responsibility mandate requires large employers to offer certain minimum health coverage to substantially all of their full-time employees, or potentially pay significant...more

Cozen O'Connor

Limiting Employees’ Hours to Dodge the ACA’s Employer Mandate Could Violate ERISA

Cozen O'Connor on

In a move that brings many employers’ fears closer to fruition, a federal district court recently ruled that an employee may proceed with a class action lawsuit alleging that her employer violated the Employee Retirement...more

McDermott Will & Emery

'Right-Sizing' Full-Time Employees to Reduce ACA Obligations May Lead to ERISA Class Action Exposure

McDermott Will & Emery on

Compliance with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has resulted in increased health benefit costs for many employers. A recent court decision demonstrates that while programs to reduce the number of full-time employees may lower...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Wednesday Benefits Developments – Cadillac Tax, Fiduciary Rule, ACA Reporting & More

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on

Interest rates going up? Easy call. But what about those benefits developments from Wednesday? There’s plenty to digest over the last few weeks in December. Here’s a sampling of what we found interesting....more

King & Spalding

Gaming the System? ERISA Interference Lawsuit Targets ACA-Driven Reduction of Hours Strategy

King & Spalding on

In a case believed to be the first of its kind, a recent class action claim has accused an employer of reducing hours of employees to avoid having to provide health coverage as required under the Patient Protection and...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

End of Year Issues Impacting Employer Health Plans

Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on

With the end of 2015 fast approaching, employers should be aware of certain issues under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) and...more

Fisher Phillips

The ACA Is (Apparently) Here To Stay: What Employers Need To Know

Fisher Phillips on

Now that the Supreme Court has, for the second time, upheld a major portion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), it might be a good time to review your practices to ensure you are in compliance. The ACA’s new concept of what it...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Limiting an Employee’s Hours to Avoid Offering Group Health Plan Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act: Evaluating the Risks...

Business leaders and human resources and employee benefits professionals are well aware of potential minefields for employer group health plan sponsors under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Large employer plan sponsors are...more

Franczek P.C.

Class Action Suit Alleges Dave & Buster’s Cut Employee Work Hours to Skirt ACA Obligation to Offer Health Coverage

Franczek P.C. on

In the first lawsuit of its kind, a purported class of approximately 10,000 workers at Dave & Buster’s, the restaurant chain, filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York (Marin v. Dave & Buster’s, Inc., S.D.N.Y., No....more

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits...

ACA Countdown to Compliance - 52 Week Series For Employers

In this volume, we have collected the 52 weekly blog posts that comprise the series entitled, The Affordable Care Act—Countdown to Compliance for Employers. The series appeared in the Mintz Levin Employment Matters Blog...more

Fisher Phillips

Eligibility Rules Need To Be In Writing

Fisher Phillips on

Healthcare reform continues to roll on. 2014 saw the implementation of the health insurance exchanges, the Individual Mandate, and a host of new rules relating to employer-provided health coverage. 2015 marks the start of yet...more

Franczek P.C.

Monthly Benefits Update - January 2015

Franczek P.C. on

U.S. Supreme Court Invalidates Yard-Man Presumption for Collectively-Bargained Retiree Health Benefits - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in M&G Polymers USA, LLC v. Tackett, 574 U.S. ____ (2015) that ordinary principles...more

Locke Lord LLP

Starting a New Business: What Employers Need to Know About Health Benefits

Locke Lord LLP on

Starting a new business can be very stressful, and with any successful business comes the added stress of hiring and retaining employees. To attract good employees, employers generally need to offer health benefits. ...more

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits...

The Affordable Care Act—Countdown to Compliance for Employers, Week 2: Explaining the Look-Back Measurement Method to Employees

Many applicable large employers—i.e., employers that are subject to the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) employer shared responsibility rules—have a pretty good sense of what these rules are, how they work, and what they plan to...more

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits...

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

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

Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog

Can A Failure To Hire Violate ERISA?

A recent decision of the federal district court for the southern district of Ohio raises interesting questions under Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) that might also affect employer liability under the...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

10 Facts About the Affordable Care Act and Worker Classification

Latham & Watkins LLP on

Businesses subject to the Affordable Care Act’s “shared responsibility” provision must consider proper worker classification and its implications. Although the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Who is an employee and who is an independent contractor under the employer mandate provisions of the Affordable Care Act...

As we have written in this space in the past, whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor can have many consequences. The classification can determine whether the principal is liable for the negligent acts...more

Franczek P.C.

Monthly Benefits Update - January 2013

Franczek P.C. on

In This Issue: - Health & Welfare Plans ..Health Care Reform: IRS Issues Proposed “Pay or Play” Regulations ..Health Care Reform: IRS Issues FAQs on Various ACA Issues ..HHS Issues Final HIPAA Regulations...more

22 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide