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Employee Benefits & Workers' Comp News, October/November 2015       Volume 25, Number 5
The Affordable Care Act and Workers’ Comp
acaIn a recent scholarly article, David A. North outlines how the Affordable Care Act has changed workers’ compensation, and what we might expect in the future. Read on for details.
Employee or Independent Contractor…and Why You Need to Know
claim formEarlier this year, a court ruled that Federal Express drivers should have been classified as employees, when the company had classified them as independent contractors. And the U.S. Department of Labor announced that a five-year investigation in Utah and Arizona yielded $700,000 in back wages, damages, penalties and other guarantees for more than 1,000 construction industry workers. Read on for details.

Coming to a City Near You: Mandated Sick Leave Benefits
glassesMore employers provide paid vacation time than paid sick leave time: 58 percent versus 52 percent, found a survey by the Society for Human Resource Management. Forty-one percent provided paid time off (a combination of vacation time, paid sick leave and general paid time off). Read on for details.
Out-of-Pocket Spending Rule Will Make Health Plans More Expensive
Guidance on out-of-pocket spending issued by the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury will make health plans more expensive for employers. Read on for details.

 

This Just In...

Can you walk and talk at the same time? Apparently many people can’t, as “distracted walking” injuries are becoming more common.

Read on for details.


 
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