Current Knowledge: Compliance Update
Effective date July 2019 Article provided by Gerep, Asinta’s French Partner. France’s reform on defined benefits stems from the European Union (EU) Directive 2014/50/UE... Read More
Effective date: October 1, 2019 This article is provided by Intertec, Asinta’s Partner in Mexico. NOM-035 (Norma Oficial Mexicana) is a new Mexican law that... Read More
Effective dates: 2022 and 2030 In August 2019 the Singaporean government announced legislation that will raise the national retirement age to 65 and re-employment age... Read More
Effective Date: January 1, 2020 Article provided by Asinta’s United States Partner Alliant. The United States government shifted regulations to allow Health Reimbursement Accounts (HRA)... Read More
Effective dates: January 2019, January 2020, January 2021 and January 2023 This in-depth article is provided by Asintas’ French Partner Gerep. They will be offering... Read More
Article provided by Alliant Insurance Services, Asinta’s United States Partner. On April 18, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final... Read More
Article provided by Gerep, Asinta’s French Partner. France’s pension system is made up of three pillars: the French state pension, compulsory occupational pensions (AGIRC... Read More
After years of negotiations an agreement on pension reform has been reached between the Dutch government, employers and unions about pension age and pension structure.... Read More
Article provided by Cowan Insurance Group, Asinta’s Canadian Partner. Canada’s federal and provincial governments agreed to enhance the Canadian Pension Plan (CPP) on a gradual... Read More
Article provided by Gerep, Asinta’s French Partner. Headcount thresholds for many years have been accused of putting the brake on recruitment and company growth. Indeed,... Read More
Apart from South Korea’s National Pension System (NPS), companies of all sizes, including foreign employers with employees in South Korea, will soon be required to... Read More
The employer health tax (EHT) is an annual tax on British Columbia (B.C.) remuneration paid to employees and former employees in a calendar year beginning... Read More
Asinta thanks Gerep, its Partner in France, for providing this information. After some particularly grueling negotiations with the optical industry, the Minister of Health published... Read More
Many thanks to Asinta’s Partner in India, Prudent, for providing this information. Formally known as The Maternity Benefit Amendment Act of 2017, in human resources... Read More
Effective dates: March 2018, July 2018, and September 2018 Asinta thanks Prudent, its Partner in India, for providing this information. India’s highest courts recently passed... Read More
Information provided by Asinta’s US Partner, Alliant Employee Benefits. On October 23, 2018, the Departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services (Departments)... Read More
Many thanks to our US Partner, Alliant Employee Benefits, for providing this article. Recently the Department of Labor (DOL) issued final rules on Association Health... Read More
Our French Partner, Gerep, reports intense media coverage about the French government’s proposed 100% Health (100% Santé) regulation. This is a new set of healthcare... Read More
The Working Time Directive in the European Union mandates all EU countries guarantee specific rights to employees. This includes limits to weekly working hours which... Read More
Many thanks to Asinta’s Irish Partner, Glennon Employee Benefits, for contributing this article. Recently the Irish government released details of how a proposed auto-enrollment pension... Read More