Benefits

Jan
01
2024

There’s good news for long-term part-time employees when it comes to retirement savings. The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE 2.0) Act of 2022 increased options for long-term part-time employees to make elective deferrals to an employer’s 401(k)...

Sep
07
2023

In May, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed Senate Bill 65 establishing Georgia Access – a state-based exchange (SBE) for individual health insurance. The legislation allows Georgia to exit the federal marketplace exchange and gives the Georgia Office of Insurance and...

Nov
29
2022

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced a record increase in contribution limits for 401(k) and other tax-deferred retirement plans for 2023. Starting next year, retirement plan participants are allowed to contribute up to $22,500 to qualified plans such as...

Sep
21
2022

As we near the end of 2022, now is a good time to start planning your business calendar for 2023. Like many companies, you will need to decide which federal holidays, if any, to recognize as part of your overall...

Sep
07
2022

Every September, Americans look forward to a long weekend and a day off from work for our beloved “end of summer” holiday: Labor Day. This day was created to celebrate the American worker and the trade and labor groups that...

Aug
30
2022

The recent U.S. Senate passage of the Inflation Reduction Act extended subsidies for insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by another three years. In other words, the ACA is here to stay. How the ACA affects small businesses...

Jul
21
2022

Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO) may sound too good to be true, but it’s one of the latest tactics that employers are using to attract new employees. With unlimited PTO, employees may take off as much time as they wish...

Jun
28
2021

Georgia businesses breathed a sigh of relief as the state joined others in ending extended federal pandemic unemployment benefits on June 27, 2021. At least 26 states are either planning to end or have already ended the weekly $300 federal...

May
06
2021

As part of President Biden’s announcement on April 21 that he expected to meet his goal of 200 million shots administered in the first 100 days of his administration, he put a call out to employers encouraging them “to do...

Apr
08
2021

With the approval of the American Rescue Plan Act on March 11 came a not unanticipated expansion and extension of the EPSL benefits initially offered under provisions of the FCCRA in April 2020 and outlined in a prior post last...