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HHS Identifies HIPAA Liability for Business Associates
Overview The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a new fact sheet that identifies specific HIPAA violations that...
IRS Allows Employers to Recover Mistaken HSA Contributions
Overview The IRS recently released an information letter describing circumstances that would allow an employer to recover contributions...
Whistleblower Protections
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) contains various provisions to make health insurance more affordable and accountable to consumers. To...
Understanding an HRA
A health reimbursement arrangement (HRA) is an employer-funded account that is designed to reimburse employees for qualified medical...
FLSA - Overtime Pay for Professional Employees
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires that most employees in the United States be paid at least the federal minimum wage for all...
EEOC Expected to Publish New Wellness Rules in 2019
Overview The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently announced its plans to issue new proposed rules on permissible...
Preventing Employee Burnout
The World Health Organization (WHO) now considers burnout to be a syndrome. In previous editions of the WHO’s International...
Comparing HSAs, HRAs and FSAs: Which Approach is Best?
Employers are increasingly looking to consumer driven health plans to help soften the blow of continually rising health care costs....
Internship Programs under the FLSA
Many organizations use internship programs, and these programs can have many advantages for the employer and the intern. However,...
5 Ways HR Can Support Employee's Mental Health
An employee’s mental health includes how they think, feel and act, and includes their emotional and social well-being. While mental...
