As previously reported, the U.S. Treasury Department has announced that the enforcement of the employer mandate taxes and reporting under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is delayed until January 1, 2015. Although the enforcement of the employer mandate has been delayed for one year, there are still many issues that employers need to address. In a recent special edition of the Benefits Broadcast, the BakerHostetler Employee Benefits Team shares important insights into what employers should be considering and doing now, despite the delay:
- In “Too Soon for Party Hats,” John McGowan provides several observations and some big-picture issues to consider as employers and employees begin facing an onslaught of ACA-related marketing efforts within the next several months.
- In “Now for Everything Else,” Jennifer Mills drills down to the immediate requirements employers are facing as we move into 2014 and think ahead to 2015 by providing a “top-10” list of issues employers should be considering.
- In “Stand and Be Counted,” Georgeann Peters describes key considerations (and her own “top-10” list of issues) for identifying employees and other workers who must be offered affordable health benefit coverage under the employer mandate. Notwithstanding the employer mandate delay, employers still need to implement hours counting methodologies this fall.