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October 23, 2018
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Proposed Rule Allows Employees to Purchase Health Insurance with HRAs

Join thousands of other Personnel Concepts customers in gaining access to our Digital Workplace Compliance Library (DWCL), which contains manuals and guides for virtually every compliance challenge facing businesses in the U.S. -- WATCH THE VIDEO The Departments of the Treasury, Health and Human Services, and Labor today issued a proposed regulation that expands the usability of health reimb...
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October 23, 2018
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OSHA Targets Firms Missing Data Submission

Firms that failed to submit their 2016 Form 300A injury and illness reporting data electronically will be the target of a special emphasis program by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), meaning "prepare for an unexpected visit." The construction industry and businesses with fewer than 20 employees are exempt from the program known as Site-Specific Targeting 2016 (SST-16...
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Worksite Health Clinics Growing Popularity

October 22, 2018
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A full one-third (33%) of U.S. employers with 5,000 or more employees offered general medical worksite clinics in 2017, up from 24% in 2012. This is according to a survey from Mercer, a global consulting leader in advancing health, wealth and career. The Mercer Survey on Worksite Medical Clinics 2018 was conducted in collaboration with the National Association of Worksite Health Centers (NAWHC)...
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October 22, 2018
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CMS Expands Flexibility in ACA Waivers

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of the Treasury today issued new guidance so states can move their insurance markets away from the one-size-fits-all rules and regulations imposed by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and increase choice and competition within their insurance markets. ACA Open ...

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DOL Launches New Online Compliance Resources

October 17, 2018
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The Department of Labor (DOL) today announced the launch of the New and Small Business Assistance and the Compliance Assistance Toolkits webpages. These new online tools assist American small businesses and workers with simple, straightforward resources that provide critical Wage and Hour Division (WHD) information, as well as links to other resources, according to the announcement of the launc...
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Proposed New Overtime Rules Now Due in March

October 17, 2018
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The Department of Labor (DOL) initially said it expected to release a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on overtime in January, but in its just-released fall regulatory agenda, that date has been pushed back until March. The agenda says the NPRM "will propose an updated salary level for exemption and seek the public's view on the salary level and related issues." ...

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Anthem to Pay $16M to U.S. & $115M to Consumers

October 17, 2018
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As a result of a single data breach of protected health information (PHI), albeit one affecting 79 million consumers, Anthem Inc. is now being fined $16 million by the government and owes an additional $115 million to those affected, who won a class action lawsuit that was approved by a judge this past August. The $16 million HIPAA violation fine is the largest ever. The $16 million settleme...
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11th Circuit Court Reins In OSHA

October 16, 2018
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The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) a setback when it ruled recently that the agency couldn't expand a single-incident investigation into a wall-to-wall, search-everything investigation based solely on records in the company's OSHA Log 300. Even if these injury-illness records are filled with incidents, the court said, such "...
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Amazon Treads Where Others Fear: $15 an Hour

October 15, 2018
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In a couple of weeks, employees at Amazon -- even seasonal workers -- will see their wages jump to $15 an hour, up from $11 currently. The Nov. 1 move is sure to send ripples throughout the retail industry. Other retail giants, prior to Amazon's decision, had already announced hourly hikes. Target raised its rate from $11 to $12 an hour with the goal of reaching $15 by 2020. In January, Walm...
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Premiums to Drop on ACA Exchanges, CMS Says

October 11, 2018
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that the average premium for second lowest cost silver plans (SLCSP) for the 2019 coverage year will drop by 1.5 percent, the first time average premiums have dropped since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2014. Tennessee's decrease is the largest with a 26.2 percent reduction. These premium reductions ...
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