6/18/24 - The final rule for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), which applies to employers with 15 or more employees, has been published and takes effect June 18, 2024.
6/3/24 - The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA), Title II, Division BB, included a new annual reporting requirement for group health plans and health insurers to report certain specified data related to prescription drugs and other healthcare spending, known as the prescription drug data collection (RxDC).
5/9/24 - On May 9, 2024, the IRS released Rev. Proc. 2024-25, announcing the 2025 health savings accounts (HSAs) and high deductible health plans (HDHPs) inflation-adjusted amounts.
4/30/24 - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that the 2023 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection will open April 30. The deadline to file the report is June 4, 2024.
4/26/24 - The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published an update to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule on April 26, 2024.
4/3/24 - The IRS, the Department of the Treasury, the Employee Benefits Security Administration, the Department of Labor, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the Department of Health and Human Services (collectively the federal departments) published a proposed rule on July 12, 2023
3/11/24 - The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has published a final rule for independent contractor classification under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
2/26/24 - On February 26, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that the 2023 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection will open on April 30, 2024, and the deadline to file is June 4, 2024.
