New York State’s Salary History Ban Effective January 2020
Effective January 6, 2020, Labor Law Section 194-a prohibits an employer from seeking, requesting, or requiring, orally or in writing, the wage ...
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The SECURE Act Passes as the Largest Retirement Legislation Since 2006
The SECURE Act represents the most significant retirement plan legislation in more than a decade in improve Americans’ retirement security....
[Updated] IRS Releases the 2020 ACA Rates for “Affordable” Employer-Sponsored Coverage
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Rev. Proc. 2019-29, which sets the 2020 rates used to determine whether employer-sponsored coverage is...
2019 ACA Reporting and Distribution Deadlines
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires employers to report certain information to the IRS and plan participants each year....
New York State Requires Insurers to Cover Egg Freezing and In-Vitro Fertilization
The 2020 New York State Budget amended the state’s insurance law to require certain insurers to cover medically-necessary egg freezing ...
New Jersey Bans Hairstyle Discrimination
On December 19, 2019, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed the “Create Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair...
Washington D.C. Paid Family Leave: Official Worksite Notice Released
Background: Enacted in February 2017, the Universal Paid Leave Act of 2016 created the Washington D.C Paid Family Leave program...
Creditable Status Disclosure Due to CMS within 60 Days of Start of Plan Year
The Medicare Modernization Act requires all employers to complete an Online Disclosure to the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services...
5th Circuit Declines to Decide Whether Entire ACA is Unconstitutional
On December 18, 2019, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) individual mandate was...
ACA Updates: HIT and Cadillac Tax Repealed, PCORI Fee Extended
On December 19, 2019, Congress passed the 2020 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act (“Act”), which makes the following Affordable Care Act...