Reminder: Drug Coverage Disclosures are Due by March 1

Don’t forget Medicare Part D Disclosures are due by March 1, 2018 for calendar year plans. Entities that provide prescription drug coverage to Medicare Part D eligible individuals must disclose to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) whether...

Deadline to Supply ACA Forms to Employees is March 2

The due date for furnishing 2017 health coverage information forms 1095-B or 1095-C to employees is March 2, 2018. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) extended the due date for furnishing to individuals the 2017 Form 1095-B, Health Coverage, and the 2017 Form...

EEOC Releases Fiscal Year 2017 Enforcement and Litigation Data

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced 84,254 workplace discrimination charges were filed with the federal agency nationwide during fiscal year (FY) 2017.  The fiscal year ended September 30, 2017.  EEOC states they secured $398 million for...

DOL Disability Claims Regulations go into Effect April 1

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced in January it would stay the April 1, 2018 date in which employee benefit plans must comply with the final rule on disability claims.  This rule will give America’s workers new procedural protections when dealing with plan...

Health Care “Cadillac Tax” Delayed Two More Years

As part of a short-term federal spending bill, phase in of the so called “Cadillac Tax” has been delayed from 2020 to 2022.  This unpopular provision of the Affordable Care Act imposes a 40 percent excise tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health plans.  The tax was...

Electronic Submission of Injury and Illness Records to OSHA

Employers can now begin to electronically report their Calendar Year (CY) 2017 Form 300A data to OSHA. All covered establishments must submit the information by July 1, 2018. Employers can view their submitted CY 2016 Form 300A summary information, but they cannot...

Businesses that Hire Undocumented Workers Targeted

Businesses that hire undocumented workers are being targeted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). January 10, 2018, ICE Agents served an employment audit notice to 7 Eleven stores in 17 states and Washington, D.C. ICE gave managers and franchise owners...

Income Tax Withholding Tables for 2018 Released

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released updated income-tax withholding tables for 2018 in Notice 1036, published January 11, 2018.  These tables present changes made by the tax reform law enacted in December 2017.  The IRS has also published Frequently Asked...