Risk Briefs

COVID national emergency ends, COBRA says what?

<big><strong><span style="color: #ff9900;">COVID national emergency ends, COBRA says what?</span></strong></big>
Attention HR managers and COBRA administrators! On April 10, 2023, House Joint Resolution 7 was signed into law, ending the national emergency declared back in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

ACA’s affordability threshold will be lower in 2023

<big><strong><span style="color: #ff9900;">ACA’s affordability threshold will be lower in 2023</span></strong></big>
The IRS announced that the Affordable Care Act’s affordability threshold for employer-sponsored group health plans will be 9.12 percent in 2023.

DOL proposes new rule for determining independent contractor status…again

<big><strong><span style="color: #ff9900;">DOL proposes new rule for determining independent contractor status…again</span></strong></big>

The Department of Labor is proposing a new rule to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

NOAA predicts above-average hurricane activity for seventh consecutive year

<big><strong><span style="color: #ff9900;">NOAA predicts above-average hurricane activity for seventh consecutive year</span></strong></big>
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its predictions for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season. For the seventh consecutive year, forecasters are predicting above-average storm activity.

New law ends forced arbitration of sexual harassment claims

<big><strong><span style="color: #ff9900;">New law ends forced arbitration of sexual harassment claims</span></strong></big>
A new federal law prohibits employers from forcing employees to arbitrate sexual harassment claims.

EEOC Updates COVID Guidance to Address Pandemic-Related Workplace Retaliation

<big><strong><span style="color: #ff9900;">EEOC Updates COVID Guidance to Address Pandemic-Related Workplace Retaliation</span></strong></big>
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its COVID-19 technical assistance to address retaliation in pandemic-related employment situations.

The Case for Employment Practices Liability Insurance

<big><strong><span style="color: #ff9900;">The Case for Employment Practices Liability Insurance</span></strong></big>
The case for employment practices liability insurance has never been stronger. COVID-19, #MeToo, gig workers, remote workers, medical marijuana, CDC guidance, quarantines, vaccines, Zoom meetings.... Yet, far too many businesses go without EPLI. Sure, they have their reasons, but most of them are actually myths.