U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has extended the expiration date of the current Form I-9 (Rev. 08/01/23) to May 31, 2027.
Employers that use the Form I-9 with the expiration date of July 31, 2026, can continue using it until that date. Effective July 31, 2026, only Form I-9 (Rev. 08/01/23) with the expiration date of May 31, 2027, will be accepted.
Form I-9 with the updated expiration date can be found on the USCIS website.
USCIS announced Form I-9’s new expiration date on August 2, 2024.
On September 6, 2024, the IRS announced, in Revenue Procedure 2024-35, that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) affordability threshold will be 9.02%, increased from 8.39% in 2024, for plan years beginning in calendar year 2025 (after December 31, 2024).
Under the ACA’s employer shared responsibility provision (play or pay), large employers (those with an average of 50 full-time employees—including full-time equivalent employees—during the prior year) must either:
Under the new threshold, to be affordable for the 2025 plan year, the employee’s required contribution to the plan cannot be more than 9.02% of their income
Read more about affordability and minimum value on the IRS’s Questions and Answers on Employer Shared Responsibility Provisions Under the Affordable Care Act web page.
Employers must provide employees three hours of paid time off to vote between the opening and closing of polls, unless there are three successive nonworking hours during the time the polls are open. Employers may:
Employers may not deduct time off to vote from employees’ wages. Moreover, employees must be paid the full amount they would have received for working if they had not taken time off to vote. Employees must notify employers of the need to take time off to vote before Election Day. Employers cannot take any adverse action against an employee for taking voting leave.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.639.
Employers may not take adverse action against employees based on employees' service as an election judge. An employee who is appointed to serve as an election judge may, on Election Day, be absent from their employment for the period of time the election authority requires the employee to serve as election judge. Employees must notify employers at least seven days before an election that they will be absent from work on Election Day due to service as an election judge.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.102
10/1 – QSEHRA Notice Deadline (Calendar Year Plans Only)
10/15 – Medicare Part D Creditable/Non-creditable Coverage Notice
10/31 – Form 941 Filing Deadline (Q3)
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12/29 – Gag Clause Prohibition Compliance Attestation – The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Title II, Division BB contains a reporting requirement for group health plans and health insurers to submit a Gag Clause Prohibition Compliance Attestation annually through the Center for Medicaid & Medicare Services’ Health Insurance Oversight Systems to confirm compliance with the prohibition. For more information, please click here.
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