Archive for June 2013
Supreme Court Ruling on DOMA and What It Means for Employers
On June 26, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision regarding the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 (DOMA). The Court struck down Section 3 of DOMA, which limited marriage to opposite sex unions for purposes of federal law.
> Keep Reading78% of HR Professionals Using a Broker to Navigate Health Care Reform [SlideShare]
One thing’s for sure. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act isn’t getting any easier for HR professionals to digest and understand. 41% of HR professionals report that the main implementation barriers for organizations remain the complexity of the law, while 27% say it’s a lack of understanding of the law’s details and impact on their…
> Keep ReadingYour Employee Communication Strategy is Lacking and Ideas on How to Fix it
Effective employee communication is a vital aspect of the employer-employee relationship. You have a strategy for many other aspects of your business, so why not have one for employee communication? Think about it for a second. At our core, we love to communicate. It’s why social networks are as popular as they are. It’s why people…
> Keep ReadingACA Q&A: Early Distribution of the Exchange Notice to New Hires
We’ve been receiving questions from employers who would like to stay ahead of the curve and distribute the Model Exchange Notice to their employees months before the 10/1/13 deadline. Once an employer starts giving out the notice to their current employees, are they then required to start distributing it to all new hires?
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