Kentucky restaurateur testifies on health care
Restaurant owner Joe Bologna told the U.S. House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions that the 2010 health care law could hurt restaurant growth.
View ArticleNRA tool helps with health insurance exchange notification
The 2010 health care law requires most U.S. employers to give their employees written notice about new online marketplaces by Oct. 1.
View ArticleFirehouse Subs CEO: Health care law still puzzling
Operators are struggling to understand and implement some of the law’s elements, Firehouse Subs CEO Don Fox wrote recently in Forbes magazine.
View ArticleDOL to address health care compliance questions
The Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services on Wednesday will hold a webcast on several aspects of the 2010 health care law, including the employee-notice requirement.
View ArticleDOL reminds employers to provide exchange notice by Oct. 1
Employers must notify all employees, whether full- or part-time, about new health insurance marketplaces.
View ArticleMore than 1,000 operators use Notification Tool, NRA says
The Notification Tool helps employers meet the Oct. 1 deadline of notifying employees about government-run health insurance exchanges.
View ArticleNRA’s Kafarakis talks health care, new Notification Tool
The Employee Notification Tool helps NRA members notify employees about the government-run health insurance “exchanges” that open Oct. 1.
View ArticleNRA offers expanded guide to health care law
NRA members can download a comprehensive guide as the Affordable Care Act's roll-out continues.
View ArticleMore than 1,300 employers sign up for NRA’s notification tool
More than 1,300 employers have registered for the NRA's new health care Notification Tool.
View ArticleRestaurateurs keep up the fight on health care
The NRA is asking Congress to make changes to the Affordable Care Act, including bringing the definition of full-time employment in line with traditional business practices.
View ArticleNRA helps spur health insurance market rule clarification
NRA advocacy helped ensure that employers won’t be blocked from buying insurance starting in 2014 if they can’t get a minimum percentage of employees to buy into the plans.
View ArticleNRA: Streamline health care reporting requirements
The National Restaurant Association today reiterated its support for a streamlined reporting process under the Affordable Care Act for large employers and employer-sponsored health plans.
View ArticleNRA testimony: Simplify ACA's business aggregation rules
Ellis Winstanley, a partner in eight Texas restaurants, testified that restaurants are being forced to turn to costly tax advisors to determine whether they are considered “applicable large employers”...
View ArticleNRA: Make 40 hours full time under health care law
The National Restaurant Association on Tuesday emphasized its support for bipartisan legislation to change the health care law’s definition of full-time from 30 hours to 40 hours.
View ArticleWhite House offers some employers transition relief under health care law
Employers with 50 to 99 full-time-equivalent employees won't face employer-mandate penalties under the health care law until 2016.
View ArticleHouse looks ready for full-time definition vote
The House of Representatives appears ready to vote on a bill that would change the health care law’s definition of “full-time” from 30 to 40 hours.
View ArticleIRS releases final paperwork rules for employers under ACA
The NRA is disappointed in the complexity of the reporting requirements, which will require covered employers to have systems in place to collect data starting Jan. 1, 2015.
View ArticleHow would a 30-hour workweek impact restaurants?
The House of Representatives is expected to vote Thursday on legislation to change the health care law’s definition of “full-time” from 30 hours to 40 hours.
View Article30-hour workweek: Why restaurant stories mattered
Restaurant voices were heard on the floor of the House of Representatives during debate leading up to the vote to pass the Save American Workers Act.
View ArticleSenator: Key health care change is win-win
U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) said changing the Affordable Care Act’s definition of “full time” from 30 to 40 hours would benefit both restaurants and their employees.
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