They did it again! Congress just passed yet another extension to the COBRA subsidy … and then some. Here’s what you need to know this time.
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Tags: COBRA extension, COBRA subsidy, Deadline, March 31, New penalties, Qualifying events, Recently departed employees, Safety net, Sept. 1, Subsidy eligibility
Each year, employers are asked to shoulder significant healthcare increases — and many of them don’t feel they’re getting their money’s worth.
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Tags: Benefits programs, Congress, Healthcare reform, National Business Group on Health (NBGH), Obama's reform, Subsidized healthcare coverage, Towers Watson
The Prez just submitted his budget proposal for FY’11 — and it’s loaded with changes that will land in Finance’s lap.
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Tags: Automatic enrollment, Cell phone taxability, COBRA, Depreciation deductions, FY2011, LIFO accounting, Obama's budget, Prez, Retirement plans
Let your payroll folks know: The feds have put together another game of chance — with the grand-prize being an audit of your company’s tax returns.
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Tags: Employment tax noncompliance, Fringe benefits, IRS audits, Lottery, National Research Program, Payroll, Tax returns
A recent study gives powerful incentive to check in with your Benefits department to ensure you’re in compliance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
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Tags: Benefits department, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, ERISA compliance, ERISA Pros, Form 5500, LLC, U.S. Census Bureau reports
In case you didn’t have enough on your to-do list for 2010, the feds just added to it.
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Tags: compliance, Critical changes, DOL, Federal agencies, Fiduciary, Finance, Investment advice, OSHA, Recordkeeping task, Regs and rules, Wage-hour audits
Utah is mainly famous for its Mormon population and its role on HBO’s “Big Love.” But recently, the Beehive State made national headlines for a very successful business move.
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Tags: Beehive State, Energy costs, Hawaii, Mormon, Overtime pay, Utah, West Virginia
If your firm relies on per-diems when it comes to business travel, you’ll want to take a look at FY’10 per-diem rates and make some adjustments.
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Tags: A/P, Business travel, CONUS, IRS, Non-standard locations, Per-diem rates
And you thought time-and-a-half was expensive! Check out how much these employers had to shell out for their overtime missteps.
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Tags: Blog, Cintas, EA Games, OT settlements, Overtime missteps, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Time-and-a-half
When the Philadelphia Eagles signed Michael Vick, none of the verbal shrapnel the team was hit with focused on the generous incentive the Birds stood to gain from the signing.
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Tags: Michael Vick, MORE, Philadelphia Eagles, Philadelphia Mayor's Office for the Re-entry of Ex-Offenders, PR, Tax credit
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