Employees are more frequently using their work e-mail accounts to conduct personal business. In recognition of this trend, many employers, pursuant to their computer use policies, permit limited incidental personal use of these accounts and/or other computer hardware. ...
Last year, Governor Cuomo signed into law Chapter 1 8 of the Laws of 201 2, which introduced a new defined contribution retirement plan as an alternative to New York State's existing defined benefit pension system. This plan, called the New York State Voluntary Defined...
The Affordable Care Act requires, among other things, the creation of healthcare exchanges or marketplaces through which health insurance policies may be purchased. New York has opted to establish its own exchange (the New York Health Benefit Exchange), which can be accessed at: http://www.healthbenefitexchange.ny.gov/. ...
We are writing to confirm that the new APPR implementation certification requirement promulgated by the SED must be satisfied by school districts and BOCES regardless of whether a new negotiated APPR plan for the 2013-2014 school year is submitted to the Commissioner for approval. ...
On June 24,2013, Governor Cuomo signed into law Chapter 67 of the Laws of 2013, which amends compulsory interest arbitration procedures for certain municipalities and establishes the Financial Restructuring Board for Local Governments. This memorandum provides a summary of the new legislation....
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… The federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) defined marriage as being between a man and a woman. This statute prevented same-sex married couples from receiving many benefits which were available to opposite-sex married couples. On June 26, 2013, in United States v. Windsor,...
On July 2, 2013, the United States Treasury Department announced that the implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s employer shared responsibility requirements will be delayed until 2015. In general, these provisions (commonly referred to as the “pay or play” provisions) impose penalties upon...
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… Over the past few months, many of our clients have expressed concern about the daunting task of implementing the Affordable Care Act's requirements. As we have previously advised, the Affordable Care Act's "pay or play" penalties go into effect on the first day...
We have recently received several inquiries regarding the non-discrimination provisions of the Affordable Care Act. In general, these provisions prohibit employers from favoring highly paid employees with regard to health insurance benefits....
KEEPING YOU INFORMED… The Affordable Care Act requires, among other things, the creation of healthcare exchanges or marketplaces through which individual health insurance policies may be purchased. Each employer is required to issue to its employees a notice of the availability of health care exchanges. As...
