An HRA is a more affordable and flexible way to offer health benefits If you want to attract and retain top talent while doing right by your employees, you need to offer a health benefit. Health insurance remains the most critical component of an employee benefits package. According to People...
While no problem is too small for an employee to seek help from an EAP, these programs are particularly useful for employees who are under a great deal of emotional stress because of professional, marital, or familial discord. They may be coping with a serious health issue with a parent, ...
An employee with both an FSA and an HRA—and an expense that is eligible to be reimbursed through both plans—can't choose which will cover the expense. Instead, the costs will be reimbursed by the plan that the employer has set up to pay first. When this primary plan has been depleted...
ERISA preempts state laws that “relate” to any employee benefit plan. Based on this preemption, regardless of any state law prohibition, employers could add a non-compete restrictive covenant to an ERISA-cover employee benefit plan. This type of provisions is usually seen in a “top hat”...
According to the OMB, although no federal employee can receive pay during a shutdown under law, some excepted workers will receive pay after the shutdown is over. Non-excepted employees who aren't furloughed may not receive pay, but they generally have after previous shutdowns. However, Reps...
The standards of conduct placed upon civil servants are partly those to be expected of any loyal, competent, and obedient employee and partly those incumbent upon public employees—employees answerable to taxpayers. As such, civil servants should be above any suspicion of partiality and should not ...
Who is eligible for the subsidy? Persons eligible for the subsidy are calledassistance eligible individualsor AEIs. An AEI must meet all the following conditions: Loses or lost group health coverage because of the employee’s: Reduction in hours; or ...
(See discussion below at II.E.) Because an employer's liability for the Large Employer mandates (and related penalties) is contingent on a full-time employee accepting a premium tax credit, the increase in the working poor obtaining the premium tax credit could increase the potential tax ...
The GCPCA does not apply to excepted benefits such as standalone dental, vision, health flexible spending accounts and certain employee assistance plans. In addition, FAQs (Part 57) issued by the Departments (the Tri-Agency FAQs) state that a GCPCA...
Also, if your health plan is considered an "excepted benefit," it's not regulated by the Affordable Care Act and thus not required to cover preventive care without cost-sharing (or at all). This includes coverage such asshort-term health plans,fixed indemnity plans,healthcare sharing ministry...