
ACA Compliance Has Only Just Begun
As 2014 draws to a close and the ACA’s employer mandate goes into full effect Jan. 1, many staffing employers are still struggling with the mandate’s various requirements. While ...

Free Tools For ACA’s Applicable Large Employer Calculation
Starting Jan. 1, 2015, the Affordable Care Act mandates insurance and/or penalty costs for every controlled group of employers that qualifies as an “applicable large employer” (ALE.) ...

Reasons to Consider “Paying” Instead of “Playing”
Many commercial staffing firms say that they will resolve the “pay or play” decision mandated by the Affordable Care Act by “playing” — beginning to offer comprehensive ...

How is the Affordable Healthcare Act Impacting Business Employment Practices?
The Affordable Care Act and its website, healthcare.gov, have been the topic of numerous conversations, articles, letters to the editor, editorials, cartoons, late night talk show host ...

The Skinny on Skinny Plans: Part 2
Last week, I gave a brief overview of the concept of “skinny” healthcare plans, a middle-of-the-road option for staffing firms to offer their temps. This week I address the risks ...

The Skinny on Skinny Plans
The Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate may have been delayed by a year, but come 2015, staffing firms will have had to decide whether to offer insurance or pay the penalties. ...

Health Care Reform and Staffing Agencies – A Strategic Perspective
With the election over and 2012 coming to an end, employers are one step closer to January 1, 2014 – the date when most of the remaining provisions of the Patient Protection and ...