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Decision on Proposed Delay of Rule Expected Soon The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced a temporary policy regarding its enforcement of the “Fiduciary Rule.” Background On April 8, 2016, the DOL released a final rule (“Fiduciary Rule”) expanding the number of persons that are subject to fiduciary standards when they provide retirement investment […]

On behalf of all of us here at Applied Resource Insurance Solutions, we would like to wish you all a Happy St. Patrick’s Day.   We are offering all businesses a free business insurance assessment to celebrate! Call us today!  

This article was published in the February edition of The Magazine of Santa Clarita as their “On the Town” edition. Very proud of our very own Maggie-Mae Laufman for organizing the event, and the help of Jaisa Creps and Betsy Keesler for donating and helping make this night a success. #GoTeamARIS

Cap on H-1B Visas for Fiscal Year 2017 is 65,000 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the fiscal year 2018 cap on April 3, 2017. Background The H-1B program allows companies in the United States to temporarily employ foreign workers in occupations that require the application of a […]

Requirement Violated by Paying Employees a Guaranteed Minimum Hourly Rate as Advance on Future Commissions Earned The California Court of Appeal (Second Appellate District) has held that commission-based compensation plans must separately account and pay for rest periods to comply with state law. Background Employers of California employees covered by the rest period provisions of […]

Deadline to Electronically File Returns With IRS is March 31, 2017 Employers subject to the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) information reporting requirements are reminded that the deadline to electronically file ACA information returns with the IRS is quickly approaching. The reporting deadlines in 2017 are for the 2016 calendar year, and are as follows: Applicable […]

Employers May Apply a Reasonable, Good Faith Interpretation of the Term ‘Seasonal Worker’ Employers looking to hire seasonal workers this summer are reminded that there is an exception when measuring workforce size to determine whether they are an applicable large employer (ALE) subject to the Affordable Care Act’s employer shared responsibility (“pay or play”) provisions. […]

Materials Answer Key Questions The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released training materials to aid covered entities in complying with the requirements of section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in any health program or […]

Temporary Suspension Begins April 3 Starting April 3, 2017, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will temporarily suspend premium processing for all H-1B petitions for a period which may last up to 6 months. While H-1B premium processing is suspended, petitioners will not be able to file Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service for […]

The first Out Front Ideas with Kimberly and Mark webinar of 2017 provided our thoughts on the 20 Workers’ Compensation Issues to Watch in 2017. In early January we discussed what we consider as the first 10 issues that workers’ comp professionals need to be aware of in the coming year. What follows is a […]