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Enhance Your Employee Benefits Package By Adding a Consumer Driven Account (CDA) by BASIC
DATE: Wed, Nov 02, 2022
TIME: 2:00pm EDT to 2:45 pm EDT
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Proposed Federal Paid Leave – American Families Plan
President Biden's American Family Plan would offer 12 weeks of…

Know the EEOC: Employment Opportunity for All
Discrimination in the workplace can be a very sensitive topic…

Consumer-Driven Healthcare – HSAs in Harmony with FSAs and HRAs
Taking the Mystery Out of the Rules About Pairing a High Deductible…

Failure to Recognize FMLA: The First of Five Common FMLA Mistakes
A recent case in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District…

Is This Your Situation: Investigating the Advantages of In-House or Outsourcing Payroll
As fulfilled and engaged as your employees may be with their…

New Commuter Benefit- uberPOOL Now Accepts WEX Debit Cards
Attention BASIC Commuter Clients: WEX Health payment cards are…

New Limits on HSA's & BASIC's New HSA@AnyBank Service
The IRS has recently issued Revenue Procedure 2017-37, which…

Payroll and Tax Issues in Healthcare Companies
Healthcare companies are faced with some of the most complex…

Is Your Health and Welfare Plan Compliant?
Plans with more than 100 participants on the first day of the…

More than Just FMLA
Paid FMLA, STD, ADA, RTW. Perhaps you have heard these acronyms…

Why Switching Payroll Companies Mid-Year is Easy
Are You Having Payroll Problems?
As an employer, nothing can…

Arizona Proposition 206: Minimum Wage Increase and Paid Sick Leave
On November 8, 2016, Arizona voters passed Proposition 206, the…

Introducing BASIC's HSA@AnyBank
BASIC is excited to announce a new option for our HSA Administration,…

Avoiding Costly COBRA Mistakes
In the world of HR, acronyms pervade. COBRA is just one of the…

Form W-2/SSN Data Theft: Information for Businesses and Payroll Service Providers
Form W-2/SSN Data Theft: Information for Businesses and Payroll…

Streamlined FMLA Tracking & Technology
BASIC is proud to announce the new version release of our proprietary…

The Struggle with Intermittent FMLA
FMLA intermittent leave can be quite the challenge for HR professionals…

4 Things Business Owners Must Know About Payroll Tax
1. Extra compensation must be carefully timed.
Incentivizing…

How Employee Assistance Programs Can Help
Employee assistance programs are worksite-based programs and…

Reap the Benefits of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit
In December 2015, President Barack Obama signed an extension…

An Employer's Guide to COBRA
Losing their jobs can be a big financial hit for employees, but…
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