Health Care Reform

Ceridian's health care reform coverage provides breaking news, best practices, FAQs and checklists to help employers understand and implement the key provisions of the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" (H.R. 3590). To subscribe to Ceridian Health Care Reform Compass newsletter and receive all this by email,
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As we approach the one-year anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), employers face continuing uncertainty about how healthcare reform will affect their employee health benefits in the months and years ahead.
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Can you provide a sample Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodation policy?
20120111_customer_query.pdf (282 Kb)January 11, 2012
Manager Makeover: Supporting New Parents Back To Work
20111214_featured_article.pdf (345 Kb)December 14, 2011
Supporting new parents when they return to work can be one of the best ways to maintain a strong, vibrant workforce. As a manager, you play an important role in easing the transition for these employees.
Employee Failed To Establish Employer's Legitimate Reason For Terminating Her Was Pretextual
20111207_employee_failed.pdf (361 Kb)December 07, 2011
Tahra Kerman?Mastour brought this suit against her former employer, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, (FINRA). Kerman was employed as an attorney by FINRA for approximately eight years before she was terminated. Kerman claimed she was terminated as a result of gender and religious discrimination and in retaliation for her participation in a committee advocating for changes to FINRA's maternity leave policy
Banquet Facility Sales Managers Qualified For FLSA Administrative Exemption
20111207_banquet_facility.pdf (277 Kb)December 07, 2011
Christine Hines brought this action against the State Room, Inc., a banquet facility for wedding receptions and other social functions, where she formerly was employed as a sales manager. Hines and her coplaintiffs sought unpaid overtime wages that they claimed were due under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA").
Butterball Sued For Harassment, Firing Of HIV-Positive Employee
20111207_butterball_sued.pdf (350 Kb)December 07, 2011
The U.S. Equal?Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has charged in a lawsuit that?Butterball, LLC, a Garner, N.C.-based turkey processing company, violated?federal law by subjecting an employee to a hostile work environment based on?the fact that she has Human Immunodeficiency?Virus (HIV), and firing her?because of that disability.
Employer's Failure To Inform Employee Of FMLA Rights Precluded Summary Judgment On Interference Claim
20111130_employers_failure.pdf (384 Kb)November 30, 2011
Brandie Stone brought this suit against her former employer, St. Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center, alleging that the Hospital violated the Family and Medical Leave Act.
DOL Charges Cargill With Discrimination Against More Than 4,000 Job Applicants
20111130_dol_charges.pdf (238 Kb)November 30, 2011
The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has filed an administrative complaint against federal contractor Cargill Meat Solutions, alleging that the company systematically discriminated against 4,069 qualified female, white, black, Hispanic and Native American applicants who sought entry-level production jobs at its Springdale facility.
Compass points: news briefs on health care reformOctober 01, 2011
Health care reform news briefs covering: health care cost sharing, HRA annual limits, PPACA state implementations and ERRP guidance
Health Care Compass October 2011October 01, 2011
Helping employers navigate complexities of health care. This issue covers: employer choice and uncertainty around health care reform
Health care reform presents new challenges, choices to U.S. employersOctober 01, 2011
Because much remains uncertain about the future of PPACA, employers are waiting to make important health plan decisions. In the meantime, they are looking to CDHC to control costs.