The Employer Shared Responsibility Payment

by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 25, 2015 | Affordable Care Act

Healthcare.gov reports: “The Employer Shared Responsibility Payment applies to some businesses with 50 or more full-time employees who don’t offer insurance, or whose coverage doesn’t meet certain minimum standards. Regulations announced in 2014 have...

Employer Shared Responsibility

by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 27, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, Small Business

Generally, under Employer Shared Responsibility (ESR), applicable large employers (generally, employers with 50 or more full-time employees, including full-time equivalents) face a potential penalty if they don’t offer minimum essential coverage to full-time employees...

Staples threatens to fire employees who work more than 25 hours a week

by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 26, 2015 | Heath Care Costs

Yahoo Finance reports: “Wikimedia Commons A Staples storefront. Part-time Staples workers are furious that they could be fired for working more than 25 hours a week. The company implemented the policy to avoid paying benefits under the Affordable Care...

Ailing Obamacare co-op has an improved diagnosis

by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 10, 2015 | Illinois Health Insurance

Crains Chicago Business reports: “The first year for Illinois’ only co-op health insurance program could be charitably termed as troubled. Established as part of Obamacare, Land of Lincoln Healthaimed to increase competition on the state’s new health...

Employers reducing spousal, family coverage

by Eriksen Insurance | Dec 17, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Small Business

Benefits Pro reports: “The evidence continues to mount that mid-to-large corporations will fine-tune, but won’t abandon, employee health plans. A Towers Watson survey of 379 companies in that size range found, among other trends, that companies believe in...