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October 1, 2010
The Diversity Leadership
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What's Up With Health Care Reform?
Source: HRN Management Group
With all the dust clearing, just how, exactly, does the new health care reform law Congress recently passed impact employers? I have seen several good summaries on the internet (see links below to a couple of them).
The new law attempts to provide coverage for uninsured Americans without drastically impacting Americans who already have coverage through their employers. But there are some impacts to employers highlighted here briefly.
The new law:
- Provides reimbursements for certain retiree health benefits through 2014;
- Allows tax credits to small employers (with fewer than 25 employees) who provide employees with insurance;
- Effective six months after passage, mandates various kinds of coverage (e.g. coverage of dependents up to age 26) and prohibits pre-existing condition exclusions and lifetime dollar limits of coverage;
- Like existing rules on pension and retirement funds, prohibits discrimination in favor of highly-compensated employees;
- Beginning in 2014, mandates that larger employers (with 50 or more full time employees) provide coverage to employees or pay a penalty of about $2,000 per year for each full time employee (excluding the first 30 full time employees);
- Mandates that waiting periods to join plans be limited to no more than 90 days;
- By about 2013 mandates that employers with 200 or more employees automatically enroll employees in the company health plan and allowing opt-outs only if a penalty is paid or other coverage obtained; and
- Beginning in 2018 imposes taxes on certain high value or "Cadillac" health plans;
- The new law does not require employers to provide health coverage to part-time employees but part-timers will impact the extent to which small businesses will be eligible for government subsidies to provide health coverage and whether certain provisions of the new law will apply to employers;
- Beginning in 2011 requires W-2 reporting (for informational purposes only) of the value of benefits provided; and
- Beginning in 2013, limits employee contributions to health flexible spending accounts to $2,500;
- Imposes many specific coverage and related requirements that will impact how insurers and self-funded plans deliver and administer their plans and benefits. For more information, check out the following links on the SHRM website:
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Legal Briefing
I-9 Compliance and Audits for Employers Presented by Gema Junco Hall, Chapman Law Firm
Date/time: Wednesday, June 2, 8:00 - 9:30am
Location: HRG Academy, 216-3 S. Swing Rd., Greensboro, NC
Cost: $35 (complimentary to current clients of The HR Group)
The chances of a government investigation targeting I-9 compliance have greatly increased in the last few years. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials are aggressively pursuing a worksite audit and enforcement strategy focusing on employers, including HR Managers, Corporate Officers or other Corporate Representatives who have I-9 responsibilities. The focus of these tactics is punishment, criminal prosecutions, and asset forfeitures rather than education.
Strict compliance with the I-9 rules is the only defense against serious monetary penalties and criminal sanctions. This workshop will cover the essentials to correctly filling out an I-9, a review of Lists A, B and C, conducting an internal audit, best practices and other critical I-9 compliance issues to help you prepare and protect your business.
We also will cover the pros and cons of E-verify and Electronic I-9 Storage systems.
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