by Emerald Law | Dec 13, 2019 | Compliance, Compliance (SCG), Compliance (Sequoia One) |
In October, the Department of Labor (DOL) released proposed regulations that would allow plan sponsors (i.e. employers) to furnish retirement plan disclosures to individuals by posting them to a website. The proposed regulations would add a new “safe harbor” to the...
![[UPDATED] State Individual Mandates: Summary of Employer Obligations](https://www.sequoia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Compliance-Individual-Mandate.jpg)
by Emerald Law | Dec 12, 2019 | Compliance, Compliance (SCG), Compliance (Sequoia One) |
Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington D.C., California, Rhode Island and Vermont have passed individual mandates which require their residents to maintain minimum essential health care coverage or pay a tax penalty. States began passing individual mandates after...
by Lizet Ramirez | Dec 12, 2019 | Compliance, Compliance (SCG), Compliance (Sequoia One) |
On November 15th the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury (collectively the “Departments”’) released the “Transparency in Coverage” proposed rules outlining a new set of healthcare pricing transparency...
by Lizet Ramirez | Dec 12, 2019 | Compliance, Compliance (SCG), Compliance (Sequoia One) |
On November 20th, the California Supreme Court agreed to take on a question that will be important to employers that have relied (or are relying) on the services of independent contractors in California prior to April 30, 2018. Specifically, the Supreme Court is...
by Lizet Ramirez | Dec 6, 2019 | Compliance, Compliance (SCG), Compliance (Sequoia One) |
Background Summary: New York Paid Family Leave (NY PFL) is a benefit program that offers paid leave to New York employees while they bond with a new child, care for a close relative with a serious health condition, or when an employee’s family member is called to...
by Lizet Ramirez | Dec 6, 2019 | Compliance, Compliance (SCG), Compliance (Sequoia One) |
Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave (“Program”) is set to take effect January 1, 2020. The Washington State Employment Security Department (WA ESD), the agency responsible for administering the Program, has been working on the last several phases of rulemaking to...
