Compensation & Benefits

Sheetz opens wellness center for Pennsylvania employees

03/01/2013

Convenience store chain Sheetz has cut the ribbon at a new employee health and wellness center next to its distribution center in Claysburg, Pa. Its “Center for Shwellness” partners with Marathon Health to offer free health and wellness coaching for employees and their families.

Tips for controlling the W-2 reissuing process

02/27/2013

It’s a frustrating fact of payroll life: Employees lose their W-2s. Here are tips for controlling the reissued W-2 process.

How long must we retain our payroll records?

02/26/2013

Q: We have some very thick payroll files, so we’re wondering what we need to keep and for how long. We’d also like to confirm that time cards must be kept for seven years.

Health exchange employee notice requirement postponed

02/26/2013

If you didn’t provide employees with notice regarding the health insurance exchanges by March 1, you’re off the hook. The DOL has postponed this notice requirement until late summer or fall, which coincides with the exchanges’ open enrollment period.

IRS issues regs on ACA’s employer play-or-pay provision

02/25/2013

A key portion of the Affordable Care Act health care reform law is the employer play-or-pay provision, also known as the employer mandate. Regulations, which are proposed to become effective for months after Dec. 31, 2013, implement this provision. You may rely on these regs until final regs are issued.

Better late than never: 2013 inflation adjustments issued

02/22/2013

Well, it took the IRS long enough, but it finally released the official inflation-adjusted figures for 2013. Here’s the roundup.

TD Bank equalizes taxes for domestic partners

02/21/2013

Starting this year, TD Bank is offsetting the additional federal and state taxes that its lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) employees pay for domestic-partner benefits compared with heterosexual married couples.

Ameriprise faces claims it cheated its own employees

02/20/2013

Participants in Ameriprise’s 401(k) plan are suing the investment firm, claiming it operated the retirement program for its own benefit, not its employees and retirees.

Some HRAs and FSAs must pay ACA research fees, too

02/20/2013

We reported last month that traditional health plans must pay a new $1 per insured fee to fund medical research. Now the Feds say the fees also apply to some health reimbursement arrangements and flexible spending accounts.

N.J. employer groups make commitment to improve wellness

02/15/2013

The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, the New Jersey Business and Industry Association and the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce have joined state officials to ask businesses to join New Jersey’s “Workplace Wellness Campaign.”