As a small business owner, it’s understandable if keeping up with the requirements of the Affordable Care Act doesn’t top your list of priorities. After all, the law’s primary mandate for employers—to offer a certain level of affordable health coverage to employees—applies only to employers that have 50 or more employees. (Even that requirement is being postponed for a year.) However, at least one upcoming requirement of the ACA applies…
Two overlooked cases give employers more options. Although it was no doubt the most dramatic, the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 26 decision regarding same-sex marriage was not the only one that’s expected to have far-reaching effects on employee relations. Two largely overlooked opinions—issued by the court a week before the Defense of Marriage Act decision—provide more certainty and better options to employers who are faced with a workplace complaint. Case…