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The Perils of Worker Misclassification and the PPACA
As an employer, you might be worrying about the upcoming implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. PPACA). If you also happen to have any worries with regard to your...
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Is Paid Sick Leave Spreading Wings?
The United States is the only developed country not to have federally mandated paid leave for illness. In fact, 38 percent of private sector U.S. employees have no paid sick time according to...
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Affordable Care Act Effective from 2015!
When the US Department of Treasury released the news that implementation of the Affordable Care Act will be delayed by a whole year, the reactions were a mixed bag. While some feel strongly that the...
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Health Coverage for Contingent Workers by Staffing Firms
Even with the postponement of its implementation to 2015, the Affordable Care Act requires everyone associated with the contingent workforce industry to act immediately to understand what it requires...
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Not All ACA Requirements are Postponed – Stay on Track
The feeling of relief by employers when some requirements of the Affordable Care Act were postponed must have felt good, but may prove to be premature. Not all requirements under the act are...
View ArticleInevitable Flux in Workforce Composition
Enough has been written and said about the “unintended consequences” of the Affordable Care Act regarding part-time work. Some employers, including big ones like Wal-Mart, have taken advantage of the...
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Independent Contractors and the Affordable Care Act
Over the years, we have often blogged about the threat of employee misclassification. The new Affordable Care Act significantly increases the risks associated with incorrectly designating a worker as...
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Who Wins with the Affordable Care Act?
The linkage between economic actions is complex and almost incomprehensible, as the impact of each act spreads to other parts of the economy and causes other events, creating a state of flux. Lewis...
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Are You Ready for the Affordable Care Act?
With the numerous delays that have been recently applied to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), many companies are adopting a “we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it” attitude. These employers seem to...
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New Regulations Covering the ACA Waiting Periods
As we are all aware, the administration is still grappling with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). So, employers now have one more development to understand and implement. I refer to...
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How Does the Affordable Care Act Apply to Staffing Agencies and their...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act), commonly known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), makes it imperative for nearly all employers to offer health coverage to their workers as a valued...
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Have Staffing Agencies Geared Up for the Affordable Care Act?
Roll-out of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has moved to the next stage. In 2014, the individual mandate in which all individuals were required to sign up for health insurance took effect. As the...
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The IRS Clarifies Affordable Care Act’s Employer Mandate Penalties
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has always kept employers on a high alert, since its inception in 2010, with all the changes it wrought in employee benefits. The ACA, also known as Obamacare, has...
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Is Healthcare Proving Really Affordable in the US?
Under the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare), the number of hospitalizations for the non-elderly adults stayed essentially at the same level over a three-year study conducted in Michigan by the...
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The Flip Side: Impact of the Affordable Care Act for the Contingent Worker
There’s been a lot of talk in the media about how the Affordable Care Act (aka ACA) may affect the business side – be it an entity employing contingent workers or the staffing company supplying...
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Cough, Cough…Health Coverage in the Gig Economy
An increasing number of jobs in the economy are going the “gig” way, as companies move to contingent workforce programs engaging agency temps, on-call workers, contractors, part-time workers and...
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Independent Contractors and the Affordable Care Act
Over the years, we have often blogged about the threat of employee misclassification. The new Affordable Care Act significantly increases the risks associated with incorrectly designating a worker as...
View ArticleWho Wins with the Affordable Care Act?
The linkage between economic actions is complex and almost incomprehensible, as the impact of each act spreads to other parts of the economy and causes other events, creating a state of flux. Lewis...
View ArticleAre You Ready for the Affordable Care Act?
With the numerous delays that have been recently applied to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), many companies are adopting a “we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it” attitude. These employers seem to...
View ArticleNew Regulations Covering the ACA Waiting Periods
As we are all aware, the administration is still grappling with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). So, employers now have one more development to understand and implement. I refer to...
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