Webinars

Group Health Plan Reporting: ACA Prep and Compliance for the New Year  • The right forms the right way. Understand who has to file specific forms, which forms to file with the IRS and who has to e-file their 1095s.
• Coverage affordability. Understand if the health coverage you offer is “affordable” and provides “minimum value.”
• Penalties and safe harbors. Understand possible penalties, the necessity of coverage waivers and how affordability “safe harbors” can help you avoid the employer mandate penalty.
• Cafeteria plans. How cafeteria plan benefits and wellness benefits factor into the affordable/minimum value determinations.
• Completing forms correctly. Learn how to track the data you need, what the big deal is with Line 15 reporting and more.
• Reporting the right way. Determine which reporting regimen will work best for you (the IRS gives you three options).  ...Read More

Protect Your Business Against PWFA Lawsuits: Essential Steps for Employers  • Leave as an accommodation. Understand when leave may not qualify as a reasonable accommodation, and when it may be required for cases of infertility, miscarriage, abortion and more.
• Guaranteed accommodations. The 4 accommodations the EEOC says you can’t question — no doc notes, no forms, no delay.
• Top practical accommodations. Easy-to-implement, practical accommodations that won’t unduly disrupt the workplace while complying with the law.
• Lessons from the courtroom. Insights from recent EEOC lawsuits under the PWFA and notable settlements.
• Compliant break rooms. Steps to create a PUMP Act-compliant milk-expression space tailored to your industry.
• Accommodation best practices. How to accommodate pregnancy-related issues like morning sickness, lifting restrictions and bed-rest orders.  ...Read More

1099 Compliance: Avoid Fines, Heed New IRS Requirements, and Streamline Filing  • The latest changes. Discover recent changes with 1099s, along with 8 airtight steps for completing 1099s that will keep the IRS off your back.
• Reporting requirements. Box-by-box reporting requirements for 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC, and when you may need to file both.
• E-filing credentials. What is an e-filing credential, how do you get one and what happens if you don’t?
• Filing 1099s. 3 crucial rules to determine if you need to file 1099 forms, and why you might need to give 1099s to employees, too—not just independent contractors.
• Taxpayer IDs. How to tell if a contractor’s Taxpayer ID Number is legit, and what to do if it’s not.
• Protect your company. The 6 crucial moves to activate the safe harbor for de minimis math errors.
• Leveraging available tools. Two free IRS services that should wipe out penalties for filing incorrect forms.  ...Read More

Employee Handbooks: Easy Steps to Compliance  • Supreme Court-related changes. Learn why and how to change your handbook policies on religious expression and accommodations.
• Employee leave. What to include and what to leave out regarding FMLA, ADA and pregnancy accommodations.
• The fractured workplace. What happens when workers disagree on topics like politics and religion? Handbook policies that set reasonable conduct rules can create a more harmonious workplace.
• Speech and civility rules. When you can restrict what employees say and when you can’t (salaries, politics, hate speech, etc.).
• Dress and grooming. Learn how to set rules on appropriate behavior, attire and decor when it comes to both in-person and remote appearances.
• Sexual and other harassment. Even if employees are remote, you need rules on email, telework, texting and off-site meetings.
• Lifestyle rules in your state. Understand the laws on marijuana, alcohol and tobacco use in your state.   ...Read More

Everything You Don’t Know About Military Leave: USERRA Compliance and More  • Who is covered under USERRA? Learn which employees and applicants qualify for protection.
• Discrimination defined. Explore real-world examples of military-related discrimination from court cases.
• Handling leave requests. Understand what documentation you can request and how to process USERRA leave.
• “As if they never left” compliance. Manage payroll, benefits and seniority for returning service members.
• Interplay with other laws. Discover how USERRA works alongside ADA and FMLA, especially for military families.
• For-cause discharge rules. Educate supervisors on the one-year protection for returning service members and how to prove discharge decisions unrelated to service.
• Lessons from USERRA cases. Avoid common employer pitfalls with insights from recent court decisions.  ...Read More