Starting October 1, 2013, all employers must provide written notification to their employees about their health insurance coverage options under the new healthcare laws to take effect in 2014. Employers can send this information via email or regular mail. Also, starting in 2014, employers will have 14 days from the date of hiring a new employee to provide this information to the new hire.
There are model notices available from the Department of Labor at the links below:
If you do not offer healthcare insurance to employees, go to: http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/pdf/FLSAwithoutplans.pdf
If you do offer healthcare insurance to employees, go to: http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/pdf/FLSAwithplans.pdf
You or your employees can go to www.healthcare.gov to learn more about the new law. As always, we will do our best to keep you up to date on new legal requirements that affect you.