Tag: Employee benefits
IRS Lowers 2022 Employer Health Plan Affordability Threshold to 9.61% of Pay
September 7, 2021
The IRS announced that employer-sponsored health coverage will satisfy the Affordable Care Act (ACA) affordability requirement next year if the...
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Payroll Questions Keep on Coming
August 14, 2021
Payroll is one of the most complex administrative tasks employers face. And because of the tremendous importance of payroll to American...
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401(K) Plan Match Formulas and Automatic Features Add Value for Participants
July 13, 2021
Generous matching contributions to 401(k) or similar plans can be an effective recruiting and retention tool, increasing employees' total compensation...
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How to Break the Pay Raise Habit?
June 16, 2021
Q. For as long as anyone in our workplace can remember, we've always given everyone an annual raise. Sometimes, it wasn't much,...
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Unemployment Costs: Can you reduce your exposure?
June 1, 2021
Unemployment costs your organization money nearly every minute of every day — when you pay unemployment tax based on your payroll...
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Vigilance can reduce Family Medical Leave Act Cheating
May 25, 2021
The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was signed into law to give workers (or their loved ones) who are genuinely sick or injured, the...
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IRS Announces 2022 Limits for HSAs and High-Deductible Health Plans
May 17, 2021
Separately, HHS released annual out-of-pocket limits for ACA-compliant plans Health savings account (HSA) contribution limits for 2022 are going up...
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Four Mistakes Employers Can Make with Worker’s Compensation
May 2, 2021
Many employers look at Workers' Compensation as just another unavoidable cost of doing business. It's usually one of those out-of-sight, out-of-mind...
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Are Your Former Employees Eligible for COBRA?
April 27, 2021
If you've had to lay off employees as far back as Nov. 1, 2019, a tiny portion of the $1.9...
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Remote Workers Expect Pay to Reflect Their Locations
April 22, 2021
Geographic pay policies that set and adjust pay for far-flung workers based on local compensation factors, such as cost of...
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