Webinar: Affordable Care Act & Employer Wellness Programs: What Employers Should Know for 2017

Description

WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
The massive and complex Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes the costly and burdensome employer mandate and reporting requirements. Beginning Jan. 1, 2016, the ACA’s employer mandate provisions extended from employers with 100 or more full-time employees and full-time equivalent employees to employers with 50-99 full-time employees and full-time equivalent employees.  In addition, 2016 marked the first deadline for employers with 50 or more full-time employees, as well as employers of any size that self-insure, to report certain information about the health coverage they offer to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).  

In May 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued final rules, effective Jan 1. 2017, that could impact employer wellness programs.  To ensure that participation in such programs is voluntary, the new EEOC rules limit incentives, both financial and in-kind, that encourage employees and their spouses to take part in wellness programs. Because the EEOC rules are not completely aligned with ACA regulations, some of the incentives allowed under the ACA differ from those permitted under the EEOC final rules.

Ilyse Schuman of Littler Mendelson P.C . will provide an overview of these ACA and EEOC requirements and their potential impact on your company in 2017 and beyond.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
 

• Owners
• Senior-level Managers
• Human Resource Managers
• ABC Chapter Presidents, Attorneys and Staff