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The recently enacted Employer Reporting Improvement Act and the Paperwork Burden Reduction Act introduce several significant changes to the reporting and enforcement rules of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Among other things, plan sponsors are no longer required to send Forms 1095-B and 1095-C to all full-time employees and covered individuals. Instead, these Forms must only be […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a permanent increase in the automatic extension period for certain Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) up to 540 days. The final rule will take effect on January 13, 2025. However, this rule could be removed, amended, or rescinded by the new Administration. It would be advisable, therefore, to file […]
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has recently published a fact sheet addressing potential concerns and pitfalls employers may run into when gathering and making employment related decisions based on health-related information. Epstein Becker Green:The EEOC and Wearable Tech: Balancing Innovation and Compliance EEOC:Wearables in the Workplace: Using Wearable Technologies Under Federal Employment Discrimination Laws
Beginning on January 1, 2025, the states Workers’ Compensation Law will permit all workers to file claims for mental injury premised upon “extraordinary work-related stress”. Similar to physical injuries, the question of whether a causal relationship exists between a work activity and the mental injury is an issue of fact for the Workers’ Compensation Board […]