by Girish Anand | Dec 30, 2015 | immigration
President Obama’s executive immigration edicts from November 2014 have been put on hold by a federal district judge and then once again upon review by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and both decisions now rest on the docket of the U.S. Supreme Court for...
by Girish Anand | Dec 30, 2015 | Minimum Wage Law, Personnel Concepts
Especially if you’re in one of the 13 states that will greet the New Year with new minimum wage rates and mandatory workplace notices: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New York (which actually takes...
by Girish Anand | Dec 29, 2015 | HHS
New proposed rules to improve child care have been announced by the Administration for Children and Families, an office within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The proposed rules offer additional guidance on program requirements established by the...
by Girish Anand | Dec 29, 2015 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, IRS
The February and March deadlines for employers to report health care information to their employees and to the IRS have been pushed back to March 31, and in some cases to June 30. The original deadline for reporting to employees was Feb. 1, with a new two-month window...
by Girish Anand | Dec 18, 2015 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
As part of the budget deal set to pass today, Republicans (largely) have delayed two Obamacare taxes and extended a moratorium on federal funds for use in the “risk corridors” program. Both the medical device tax and the Cadillac tax on expensive health...