by Birch | Jun 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Over the past several years, the employer-plan marketplace has seen a rise in “fixed-indemnity wellness policies,” which promise to help both employers and employees save on income and employment taxes. Under these arrangements, employees elect to defer cash on a...
by Birch | Apr 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
On April 10, 2023, President Biden signed H.J. Res. 7 into law, thereby ending the national state of emergency related to COVID-19 that was declared under the National Emergencies Act. Separately, the Biden Administration has announced that May 11, 2023 will be the...
by Birch | Apr 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
Last Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor of the Northern District of Texas issued a final judgment that strikes down portions of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) preventive care coverage requirement. The ACA requires the following preventive care services...
by Birch | Apr 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
ArkansasUnemployment Benefits Effective January 1, 2024 the maximum benefits that may be received in a benefityear is reduced from the lesser of:• Sixteen times the employee’s weekly benefit amount• One-third of the employee’s wages in the base periodTo...
by Birch | Mar 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
ArkansasDisability ProtectionsOn March 2, 2023, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed AR S.B. 186 designed to protect individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The act requires criminal background checks, adult/child maltreatment registry checks, sex...
by Birch | Mar 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued the McLaren Macomb decision, reaffirming the established precedent that employers cannot require employees to waive their rights under the National Labor Relations Act through broad severance...
