12/9/2025 7:09:49 PM IRS HSA Guidance Answers Some Questions But Raises Others By Christine Keller Katie Amin In Notice 2026-5, the IRS issued guidance on the expanded Availability of Health Savings Accounts under the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act...
11/22/2025 11:00:36 PM IRS Resumes Normal Operations By Katie Amin The IRS has resumed normal operations following the conclusion of the government shutdown. The IRS has fully resumed processing:...
11/3/2025 2:11:01 PM IRS Releases PCORI Fee Amount By Katie Amin Last Friday, the IRS released the indexed PCORI fee amounts for plan and policy years that end on or after October 1, 2025 and before...
10/29/2025 1:47:37 PM Minnesota PFML – Upcoming Milestones and Employer Action Items By Shanna Cramer Background Starting January 1, 2026, Minnesota will provide job-protected paid family and medical leave (“PFML”) for employees’ own...
10/27/2025 1:49:14 PM Maryland Releases New FAMLI Guidance By Shanna Cramer On October 17th, the Maryland Department of Labor (“DOL”) released guidance on the state's paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance...
10/7/2025 1:29:47 PM CDC Updates Immunization Schedule to Reflect ACIP's Recommendations By Katie Amin Viv Hunter Turner Lisa Campbell Shanna Cramer +1 more... Show less Yesterday, the CDC updated its adult and child immunization schedules to apply the updated COVID-19 and combined MMRV vaccine...
10/6/2025 1:06:56 PM The Senate Votes to Advance EEOC Nominee Brittany Bull Panuccio By Viv Hunter Turner On Friday, the Senate voted to advance Republican nominee Brittany Bull Panuccio to fill one of three open EEOC Commissioner seats with a...
10/2/2025 3:28:40 PM There's Good News and Bad News in the Priority Guidance Plan from Treasury and IRS By Lou Mazawey Katie Amin Acting IRS Commissioner Scott Bessent and Assistant Treasury Secretary Ken Kies managed to release the 2025-26 Priority Guidance Plan,...
10/1/2025 7:05:34 PM The Department of Labor's Shutdown Plan By Viv Hunter Turner Last Friday, the Department of Labor ("DOL") released a plan for its operations in the event of a shutdown. The plan indicates that...
9/26/2025 1:02:50 PM Washington PFML– Changes for 2026 By Shanna Cramer On May 17, 2025, Governor Bob Ferguson signed HB 1213 into law, expanding protections under Washington’s Paid Family and Medical Leave...
9/25/2025 1:10:35 PM The High Price of Digital Apps By Shanna Cramer Viv Hunter Turner The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has imposed hefty civil penalties up to $1.5 million each against digital health and wellness...
9/19/2025 7:00:39 PM New Bill to Promote ICHRAs By Katie Amin Yesterday, U.S. Representatives Beth Van Duyne, Claudia Tenney, and Kevin Hern introduced a new bill, the Small Business Health Options...