• Employer Mandate (ALE Rules): Employers with 50+ full-time equivalent employees must offer affordable, minimum-value health coverage or may face penalties.
• Affordability Standards: Employee premium contributions for self-only coverage must meet IRS affordability thresholds (indexed annually).
• Reporting Obligations: Applicable Large Employers must file Forms 1094-C and 1095-C annually with the IRS and furnish statements to employees.
• Full-Time Employee Definition: Employees averaging 30+ hours per week (or 130 hours/month) are considered full-time for coverage eligibility.
• Measurement & Stability Periods: Employers may use look-back measurement methods to determine full-time status for variable-hour employees.
• Penalties (Shared Responsibility): Potential penalties apply if coverage is not offered to sufficient full-time employees or is unaffordable/inadequate.
• Nondiscrimination & Market Reforms: Plans must comply with ACA market rules (e.g., no lifetime limits, preventive services coverage, essential health benefits for small group plans).

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• Preventing Workplace Harassment Training for California Managers

  This course makes it simple for supervisors overseeing staff in California to comply with harassment training requirements. In this practical, 2 hour interactive course, you will examine numerous scenarios and engage in interactive exercises designed to explore the nuances of workplace harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and other types of inappropriate workplace conduct.

• Interview Compliance & Fair Hiring

  This interactive course teaches practical skills for lawfully and effectively interviewing applicants for hire or promotion. This training is vital for HR professionals, supervisors, and any non-supervisory employees who participate in hiring processes.

• HIPAA Compliance for Managers and Employees

  This 20-minute interactive course is designed for employees of covered entities and business associates with access to Protected Health Information (PHI). After taking this course, you will understand how to protect PHI under HIPAA’s Privacy Rule and HIPAA’s Security Rule.

• Fire Safety for Office Employees

  This course discusses how to eliminate the factors that contribute to the ignition of fires and how to respond if a fire were to break out. Topics include good housekeeping, controlling electrical fire hazards, emergency action plans, evacuation procedures, classes of fire and their extinguishing agents, the importance of using the appropriate fire extinguisher, using the PASS system to extinguish a fire, and treating fire-related injuries.

• How to Avoid OSHA’s Top 10 Violations

  This video covers the 10 most common OSHA violations, explaining what your company and employees can do to help avoid an OSHA citation.