L.M. Sixel
Published 4:51 pm, Friday, September 13, 2013 - sfgate.com
Companies have a new reason to make sure their employees aren't misclassified as independent contractors: the Affordable Care Act.
The new health care law imposes penalties against companies that don't provide quality and affordable coverage to their employees. The law mandates that a company with at least 50 full-time employees offer coverage to at least 95 percent of them.
But who's an employee? Who's working full time? It's complicated, said Jesse Gelsomini, a Houston employment lawyer who specializes in employee benefits at Haynes and Boone. He has been fielding questions from clients about the new rules.
The Houston Chronicle's L.M. Sixel writes about workplace issues. E-mail:lm.sixel@chron.com
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