Category: News

07Apr
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 COBRA FAQ
FAQS ABOUT COBRA PREMIUM ASSISTANCE UNDER THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021 April 07, 2021 Set out below are Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding i...
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16Feb
Employees May Take Leave for Three Periods of Quarantine or Isolation Employers who prohibit employees not in quarantine or isolation from coming to work f...
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12Feb
The Order Directs Federal Agencies to Review Existing Policies to Determine whether they Undermine the ACA On Jan. 28, 2021, President Joe Biden issued an e...
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24Sep
New York State Paid Sick Leave New York state’s sick leave law requires employers to provide between 40 and 56 hours of paid leave per year, depending on the...
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21Aug
Employers may download our free guide below to supplement their current internal policies. This guide compiles all the latest regulatory information regardin...
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01Sep
Equal Pay Law – New Law Becomes Effective Oct. 8 Beginning Oct. 8, 2019, New York state law will prohibit employers from paying different wages to employees...
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19Aug
New Law Becomes Effective Oct. 8 Beginning Oct. 8, 2019, New York state law will prohibit employers from paying different wages to employees solely because ...
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30Jul
The Trump administration is proposing a rule that would require hospitals to publish the prices that are negotiated with insurers or risk being fined. The pr...
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25Jun
By Stephanie Armour and Anna Wilde Mathews Updated June 24, 2019 5:25 pm ET President Trump on Monday pushed for greater price disclosure in health care, s...
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21Jun
Photo by Pexels Life insurance. It’s the kind of thing that no one wants to talk about, yet everyone needs to think about. That’s partly because, in many...
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30Apr
New Law Currently in Effect As a result of a new law, New York employers must provide 3 hours of paid voting leave to their employees for any election. Addit...
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02Apr
By Lisa Nagele-Piazza, J.D., SHRM-SCP April 2, 2019 DOL opinion letter says no, but an appellate court ruled otherwise Once an employer knows that a leave of...
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02Apr
Court Strikes Down Association Health Plan Rule DOL Rule Called ‘End-Run’ Around Affordable Care Act A federal judge has ruled that two parts of the Departme...
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11Feb
DOL Releases New Model Employer CHIP Notice Notice Information Current as of January 31, 2019 The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has released a new model Emp...
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18Dec
Retirement Plan Contribution Limits Increased for 2019 401(k) Contribution Limit Increased to $19,000 The IRS has announced that the amounts employees can co...
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01Nov
Photo via Pixabay by Almadrava | Article by Guest Author June Duncan How To Plan For And Anticipate Your Long-Term Care Needs Planning for and anticipating...
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12Oct
UPDATE: Low cost training now available from Integrated Benefit Solutions New York State Releases Final Model Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Program a...
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08Aug
By Allissa Kline – Reporter, Buffalo Business First Aug 7, 2018, 6:29am EDT Updated a day ago Health insurance rates for individuals will rise next year...
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06Aug
Background The Secretaries of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services published a proposed rule to consider allowing short-term, limited-duration ...
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05Aug
New York state lawmakers want to require businesses to give workers three months of paid bereavement leave so they have ample time to mourn when a loved one ...
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01Jul
600-plus charged for unlawful opioid prescriptions, other crimes Federal agents carried out the biggest health care fraud takedown “in history” on Thursd...
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20Jun
Stephen Miller, CEBS Jun 20, 2018 Small businesses can avoid some small group market requirements A rule finalized by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on J...
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09May
Employers in 7 States Lose Exemption The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently announced that covered establishments in all s...
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09May
Speaking at a campaign-style rally in Michigan last week, President Trump declared Obamacare dead. “Essentially, we are getting rid of Obamacare. . . . Som...
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18Apr
State Expected to Produce Model Policy and Training Program A new law requires employers in New York to adopt a sexual harassment policy and training program...
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22Mar
Updated Employee Calculator Available New York has updated two provisions of its paid family leave guidance regarding deductions from employees’ wages and vo...
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21Feb
Insurers will again be able to sell short-term health insurance good for up to 12 months under a proposed rule released Tuesday by the Trump administration t...
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02Jan
Tax Reform New Tax Law Repeals Individual Mandate, Eliminates Tax Breaks for Several Fringe Benefits President Trump has signed into law the Tax Cuts and Job...
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05Dec
EEOC Recommends Certain Actions to Prevent and Correct Harassment Prevention is the best tool to eliminate sexual harassment in the workplace. The U.S. Equal...
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04Dec
New York: Additional Paid Family Leave Forms Now Available Updated on May 9th 2018 03:06 PM PFL Resources The following resources (among others) are now avai...
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22Nov
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has finalized December 15, 2017 as the date by which certain employers are required to elect...
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24Oct
IRS to block, suspend tax returns that lack Obamacare disclosures The IRS says it will not accept electronic tax returns that do not disclose whether the fil...
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12Oct
President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday intended to allow small businesses and potentially individuals to buy a long-disputed type of health in...
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10Oct
Employers who sponsor group health plans and wellness programs must comply with certain provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...
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28Sep
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. senators from both parties are close to finalizing a bipartisan deal to shore up the health insurance exchanges created under...
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25Sep
Your HR Updates from Integrated Benefit Solutions HR Updates September 25, 2017 Reminder: Medicare Part D Notice Due Before October 15 In preparation for t...
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12Sep
Official Release: a new addition to our chamber The Wellsville Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce our newest member that we think is going to be...
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21Aug
It’s that time of year again. There’s a crispness in the air combined with an energy that is simultaneously exciting and scary. As the shadows cast longe...
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14Aug
Regulations Currently in Effect New York has issued final regulations for its Paid Family Leave (PFL) law. Highlights of the regulations are presented below....
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07Aug
Employers should not, through good intentions, become overinvolved in employees’ decisions to invest in health savings accounts (HSAs). Over-involvement coul...
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24Jul
Originally posted at http://www.post-journal.com/news/business/2017/07/hr-issues-small-businesses-face/ By Elizabeth Cipolla While it is certain that all org...
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21Jul
HR must stay compliant with ACA obligations despite prospects for bipartisan relief With the Republicans’ failure to pass a bill to repeal and replace the Af...
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20Jul
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a proposed rule seeking to extend the date by which certain employers are require...
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22Jun
Senate Republican leadership released its long-awaited healthcare bill Thursday, ending weeks of speculation and a secretive process that frustrated Democrat...
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21Jun
The Form I-9 is a complicated document that recently has been changed, so employers should be vigilant about avoiding common mistakes when filling it out, ca...
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09Jun
By Henry L. Davis via The Buffalo News Those who buy health plans through New York State’s insurance marketplace will face extremes next time they shop – s...
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07Jun
PFL Information for Employees Starting in January of 2018, all employees who are covered under an employers’ NYS DBL policy will be required to purchase a p...
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25May
via CNBC A controversial rule that requires financial advisors to work in the best interests of their clients will go into effect next month as scheduled, La...
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17May
By James T. Mulder | jmulder@syracuse.com via newyorkupstate.com SYRACUSE, N.Y. – New York health insurers are expected to ask this week for double-digit pre...
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11May
Via Reuters Health insurer Aetna Inc (AET.N) said on Wednesday it will exit the 2018 Obamacare individual insurance market in Delaware and Nebraska – the two...
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04May
After years of debate, the House on Thursday voted to repeal key parts of the Affordable Care Act and replace them with new provisions. The vote, which Presi...
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03May
Our 3rd Annual Charity Wine Tasting Event was a success. This year it was held at Liberty Vineyards on Route 20 in Sheridan to benefit Chautauqua Hospice & P...
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02May
By Stephen T. Watson via the Buffalo News The state has released $200 million in aid for a drug manufacturing plant that Athenex intends to build in Dunkirk,...
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19Apr
Please join us Thursday, April 27th from 6:30pm – 8:30pm for our 3rd annual wine tasting event to benefit a local charity. This year, all proceeds will ben...
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19Apr
Legislation aims to boost health insurance by expanding coverage and lowering costs for working families In a bid to improve the health insurance purchasing ...
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13Apr
The Chautauqua Alcohol and Substance Abuse Council is teaming up with local organizations once again for Hope and Healing For Chautauqua beginning on May 16....
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10Apr
A former New York assemblyman and a dozen pain clinic workers were arrested on Friday, accused of operating some of the largest “pill mills” in the northeast...
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05Apr
Rule Previously Became Effective on January 18, 2017 President Trump has signed into law House Joint Resolution 83, which repeals the “Volks Rule,” an Occupa...
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27Mar
Now that House leaders have withdrawn the GOP’s American Health Care Act from further consideration, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will stay in effect and at...
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10Mar
Here are just some of the preliminary changes the American Health Care Act will repeal/replace from the Affordable Care Act: Tax credits Both the GOP bill an...
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01Mar
Update 2/22/2017 The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) issued final regulations in September 2016, significantly restricting the use of payroll deb...
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23Feb
Middle-range earners had lower use, and less misuse, of health services High-wage earners spend the most, per patient, on health care in the U.S., a new stud...
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