At The Podium

McAfee & Taft employee benefits attorney Jim Prince discusses what employers need to know to about the guidelines and changes to the Affordable Care Act’s “play or pay” mandate. Topics include:

• Which employers must comply with the mandate now and which employers can wait another year
• Requirement to offer coverage to dependents of full-time employees generally will not apply — for some employers — in 2015
• Who are “full-time employees” and how to track the hours of employees to determine who is “full time”
• Special rules and nuances contained in the final regulations
• Status of employer information reporting requirements