The current Administration and Congress continue to make significant changes to employment regulations and laws. This article summarizes some of the major changes that all employers should be familiar with. (more…)
The newly-enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590), brings with it sweeping health care reforms which will undoubtedly alter the way every employer does business. The changes brought by this legislation, designed to expand health care coverage to 32 million Americans who are currently uninsured, supposedly will cost $940 billion dollars over the next 10 years, and most certainly will bring massive changes to the health care insurance industry. The legislation has varying effective dates, with some provisions taking immediate effect, while many others have staggered effective dates between 2011 and 2016. (more…)