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IRS Releases Draft Instructions for Forms 1094 and 1095 for 2017 ACA Reporting
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued draft instructions for Forms 1094 and 1095 that employers will use to report health coverage they offered to their...
Eighteen-Month Delay Proposed for Fiduciary Rule
The Department of Labor (DOL) issued a proposed rule on August 31, 2017, that would extend the special transition period under sections II and IX...
Employers Get Increased Flexibility in Use of Retirement Plan Forfeitures
We have received questions from several members about a proposed plan amendment sent to them from their plan document provider, presumably out of the blue....
Beyond Bereavement Leave
Many MSEC members have bereavement leave guidelines in their employee handbooks, but there are other ways for employers to assist with a death in an employee’s family...
Employee Assistance Programs: An Undiscovered Gem
Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) have been around since the 1930s when employers noticed that on-the-job drinking affected job performance and productivity. Around 1939, Alcoholics Anonymous...
Industrial Commission of Arizona Issues Proposed Guidance on Carryover Requirements for Earned Paid Sick Leave Under Proposition 206
Since its approval by Arizona voters in late 2016, Proposition 206’s Earned Paid Sick Leave requirements have left Arizona employers struggling to find the answers to...
My Brain Hurts! Tackling Complicated Benefit Offerings
It’s pretty safe to say that if you don’t understand your benefits and are overwhelmed, then your employees probably feel the same way. We all...
President Trump Kills City Auto-IRA Rule
President Donald Trump signed a one-page resolution last week that read in its entirety: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States...
Arizona Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects Challenges to Proposition 206
The Arizona Supreme Court voted unanimously on March 14, 2017, to reject the legal challenges raised by pro-business groups to Arizona Proposition 206, the Fair...