by Joe Hughes | Mar 1, 2025 | Blog, Popular
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires applicable large employers (ALEs) to offer affordable, minimum-value health coverage to their full-time employees (and dependents) or risk paying a penalty to the IRS. This employer mandate is also known as the “pay-or-play”...
by Joe Hughes | Jan 15, 2025 | Blog, Popular
File and Furnish Forms W-2 Jan. 31, 2025 File Forms W-2 with the Social Security Administration (SSA) and furnish copies to employees, showing the year’s wages paid and taxes withheld for each employee. Form W-2 Deadline Employers must file Forms W-2 with the SSA by...
by Joe Hughes | Jan 1, 2025 | Blog, Popular
In February 2024, hackers initiated a cyberattack against Change Healthcare, a leading health claims processing provider in North America that processes approximately 15 billion health care transactions annually. The attack created widespread disruption of health care...
by Joe Hughes | Dec 15, 2024 | Blog, Popular
Reducing Health Care Costs in 2025 Health care costs are likely to increase by 7%-8% in 2025. As health care affordability remains an issue for many American workers, consider taking these steps to reduce your health care costs this year: Brush up on health plan...
by Joe Hughes | Nov 15, 2024 | Blog, Popular
The minimum wage rate will change in 2025 in the following states: Alaska Illinois New York Arizona Maine Ohio California Michigan Oregon Colorado Minnesota Rhode Island Connecticut Missouri South Dakota Delaware Montana Vermont District of Columbia Nebraska Virginia...
by Joe Hughes | Nov 1, 2024 | Blog, Popular
OSHA Proposes Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Standard The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently announced an unofficial version of the proposed standard to protect workers from heat injury and illness. If...
