On Monday, the IRS issued final regulations regarding the implementation of the employer shared responsibility provisions under the Affordable Care Act (the ACA), otherwise known as the “pay or play” rules. The final regulations provide some helpful guidance and...
It’s Valentine’s Day, and love is in the air … and the office. And more often than not, that is NOT a good thing for everyone involved. So what can employers do to minimize the potentially disruptive effects of colleagues and coworkers canoodling? Here’s a good...
2014 was anticipated to be a monumental year with respect to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. However, with the one-year delay of the employer mandate (the provision of Health Care Reform that fines certain businesses for failing to provide health...
The White House is relaxing the employer mandate again. The Treasury Department on Monday rolled out more tweaks to the health-care law’s requirement that all large employers–those with 50 or more workers–provide insurance coverage to their workers....
Note: Article written referencing Connecticut Law; however, fundamentals around contractor definition applies in Texas as well. When we analyze the question whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor, we usually approach the issue from the point of...
FEBRUARY 7, 2014: AUSTIN, TX— NOW IS THE TIME FOR YOUR COMPANY TO ACT ON PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT: Will your managers and employees be thinking “performance review” or “performance management”? Your company may be poised to use the performance management process to...
