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Expanding Retirement Plan Options for Small Businesses

A new final rule from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) clarifies some of the ins and outs of...

Is a New Individual Health Plan in Your Future?

First the old news: Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), employers with at least 50 employees (or...

DOL Updates Guidance on Independent Contractor Status

The so-called “gig economy” challenges conventional practices between companies and the people...

Defeating Age Discrimination in the Workplace

Despite record-breaking low unemployment rates, “age discrimination remains a significant and...

Federal Investigators Find Labor Law Violations in Several Cases

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) recently finished several...

OSHA Log Posting Tips

Injury and illness reports aren’t generally fascinating reading material. Even so, the Occupational...

Small Employers: Should you Jump on the MEP Bandwagon?

Today, approximately 38 million private sector employees in the United States lack access to a...

IRS Updates FAQs on Certain ACA Provisions

The Trump Administration and the Republican majority in Congress plan to repeal and replace the...

Cures Act Approves HRAs for Small Employers

On December 13, 2016, President Obama signed into law the 21st Century Cures Act. In addition to...