Watch for New Paid Sick Leave Rules for Some Workers Last September, President Obama issued an executive order requiring federal contractors to allow employees at least seven days of paid sick leave. Proposed regulations issued in late February 2016 (Subject

How Are Seasonal Workers Treated Under the “Play or Pay” Provision? Question: Our company has a regular full-time workforce of approximately 40 employees. This year, we’re planning to hire about 80 more full-time retail employees in November and December for the

Some people seem to believe that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has replaced the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA). That’s wrong, although the ACA has changed COBRA and the health insurance landscape in recent years. Obtaining health insurance through an

Are You a Joint Employer? The DOL Weighs In If your company is classified as a joint employer with one or more other companies, you may be liable for overtime pay even if you carefully avoid workweeks that exceed 40 hours

Could Your Business Benefit from the Work Opportunity Tax Credit? If you plan to hire new employees this year, you’re not alone. Employment statistics ended 2015 on a positive note. In addition, roughly 242,000 new jobs were added in February and

Is it Worth Paying Employees Under the Table? Let’s face facts, it can get confusing handling a business’s finances. Payroll alone includes having to figure out things like figuring out tax reductions, keeping records, reporting employee’s income, etc and so

Can We Match Our Employees’ Pretax HSA Contributions? Question: Under our company’s cafeteria plan, qualifying participants can make pretax salary reduction contributions to their Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). Can our company make matching contributions based on a percentage of participants’ pretax

IRS Extends Due Dates for 2015 Forms 1094 and 1095 At the end of last year, the IRS extended the deadlines for the Affordable Care Act’s information reporting on Forms 1094 and 1095 for 2015. Specifically, Forms 1094-B and 1095-B

You know that Vision H.R. can help you handle your payroll and human resource management, but did you know they can actually reduce some of your employer liability? Under the Vision H.R. PEO (Professional Employer Organization) business model,

Every Word Counts when Crafting Your Employee Handbook A fundamental requirement of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) is that employers must not “interfere with, restrain or coerce employees in the exercise of their rights” to organize into labor unions, collectively