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Mar 5

Employer Alert – New Pennsylvania Law for Dependent Care FSA Deductions

Employer provided dependent care assistance under an Internal Revenue Code section 129 Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP) has...

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Jul 20, 2022

New City of Philadelphia Law Requires Certain Employers to Offer Commuter Benefits

Effective December 31, 2022, the City of Philadelphia will require businesses with 50 or more covered employees to offer workers either a...

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Jan 7, 2021

2021 COVID Relief Act Addresses “Surprise” Out of Network Billing

In the latest COVID-19 relief effort, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 was passed at the end of 2020. In the Act, Congress...

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Jan 21, 2020

NJ Family Leave and Disability Insurance Update

New Jersey’s Family Leave Insurance (FLI) and Temporary Disability Insurance (TDB) laws were expanded in 2019 and the changes are phased...

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Jan 17, 2020

NJ Individual Health Mandate – Employer Reporting Requirement (UPDATED)

Effective January 1, 2019, New Jersey (NJ) required its residents to maintain health insurance (minimum essential health coverage)...

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Apr 16, 2019

New Jersey Employers to Offer Pre-Tax Transit Benefits

New Jersey has passed a law requiring that certain employers offer pre-tax transportation fringe benefits (“Transit Benefits”). This new...

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Jan 17, 2019

New Jersey Individual Health Mandate – Employer Reporting Requirement

Beginning January 1, 2019, New Jersey (NJ) requires its residents to maintain health insurance (minimum essential health coverage)...

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Nov 5, 2018

NJ Adopts Website to Promote Health Insurance Enrollment

This past summer the New Jersey state legislature enacted its own individual health care mandate that requires New Jersey residents to...

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Jun 7, 2018

NJ Adopts Individual Health Insurance Mandate

The New Jersey Health Insurance Market Preservation Act was signed into law by Governor Phil Murphy enacting a state-level individual...

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May 3, 2018

NJ Paid Sick Leave Law Enacted

New Jersey has adopted, effective October 29, 2018, a Paid Sick Leave Act that requires employers with employees in NJ to provide one...

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Jun 29, 2017

Vote on Senate Republican Healthcare Bill Postponed

On June 27, the Senate Republican leadership announced that it had postponed a vote on the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA),...

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Mar 9, 2015

New Jersey Autism Mandate – Recent Amendments

New Jersey has recently expanded coverage of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) to include adults with autism and removed visit limitations...

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Nov 14, 2013

Same-Sex Marriage Now Legal in New Jersey

Same-sex marriage became legal in the state of New Jersey on October 21, 2013. With the addition of the same-sex marriage law, NJ...

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Jun 15, 2010

New York State Passes “Prior-Approval” Rate Increase Insurance Law

The New York State Insurance Department now has the authority to review and approve all health premium increases for insured plans before...

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Jun 14, 2010

Health Care Reform – It’s Not Just Coming from Washington

While national health insurance reform has received all of the attention, states across the nation have been actively involved in passing...

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Apr 19, 2010

New Jersey Enacts Legislation Impacting Health Benefits

On March 22, 2010 New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed Chapter 2, P.L. 2010. This law enacts substantial changes to what public...

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Jun 25, 2009

Expanded Coverage for Adult Children Up to Age 30 in Pennsylvania

June 10, 2009 marked the enactment of Senate Bill 189, also known as Act 4 of 2009. This bill, signed by Governor Edward G. Rendell,...

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May 13, 2009

Proposed Regulations on GINA’s Employment NondiscriminationRequirements Have Been Issued By the EEO

In March 2009, The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued proposed regulations on the Genetic Information...

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May 6, 2009

New Jersey Mandate: Grace’s Law is Now in Effect

Named after Grace Gleba of Warren County, New Jersey, the Governor signed Grace’s Law the later part of 2008. This legislation requires...

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