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Ease the Annual Benefit Enrollment Uncertainty This Year

ThinkHR Chief Knowledge Officer Laura Kerekes writes a monthly “Innovative Workplace” column for Rough Notes, a publication that has been serving the insurance industry since 1878. While geared toward brokers, much...

DOL Fiduciary Rule Takes Effect June 9

In an editorial in the Wall Street Journal yesterday, Department of Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta stated that the DOL’s fiduciary rule will become effective June 9, 2017. “We have carefully...

The DOL’s Final Overtime Rule Saga Continues

The change in the regulations that would increase the salary threshold for overtime exemption that was all over the news for the last several months may now be decided by...

BBG Adds ThinkHR to Consulting Services Offering

Fairfax, Virginia – April 20, 2017 – The Business Benefits Group (BBG), a full-service benefits consulting firm, has recently partnered with Think HR in order to provide more profound HR and Compliance services. With this partnership, the Certified Human Resources Consultants are able to expand their services in organizational development, benefits, payroll, and more.

Employers and the ACA – It’s Status Quo for Now

The Trump administration’s effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) through legislation failed last month when House Republicans were unable to push their proposal forward. The proposed...

The Trump Administration’s H-1B crackdown: What employers need to know

By Elizabeth Joiner, Jacksonville Office of Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP Both the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the U.S. Department of Justice issued public statements yesterday announcing...

An employer’s guide to California meal and rest break requirements

By Richard Bromley and Aaron Rutschman, Los Angeles-Century City Office of Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP It has been five years since the California Supreme Court issued its seminal...

Congress Abandons Effort to Repeal the ACA

On Friday, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives pulled pending legislation, known as the American Health Care Act, from further consideration. The bill had been scheduled for a vote...

Has the Supreme Court invalidated almost two years of actions by the NLRB Acting General Counsel?

(Maybe, but employers shouldn’t get too excited.) By David Phippen, Washington DC Metro Office of Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP For the second time, the U.S. Supreme Court has...

What’s Different? A Guide to the Proposed Health Care Reform Changes

As a follow up to our March 7 blog post, the ThinkHR benefits team prepared this guide of the key components impacting...

Trumpdate: Beware the Ides of March!

By Robin Shea, Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP. To see more posts or to learn more about Robin, see Employment & Labor Insider. Two Trumpian developments of interest to...

What’s Different? A Guide to the Proposed Health Care Reform Changes

As a follow up to our March 7 blog post, the ThinkHR benefits team prepared this guide of the key components impacting employers with the proposed legislation announced earlier this week...

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