heartland payroll's aca solution deck

The Affordable Care Act and Your Business

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What is the Affordable Care Act (ACA)?

The ACA requires you to provide your employees with a qualified level of insurance coverage. This requirement is enforced by the number of full-time equivalent employees.

Full-time equivalent employees are those who work 30 hours per week or more. However, part-time employees are also part of the calculation as a fraction and are included in the overall total.30h/w


The ACA’s Impact on Your Business

If you have less than 49 employees,

you are not impacted by the ACA

ACA enforcement for companies with 100+

employees began on January 1, 2015

100+Companies with

50–99 employees will need to be compliant by January 1, 2016

49 50 99


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Heartland Can Help You Navigate the ACA

Meeting the ACA requirements can be a daunting task. Heartland’s solutions can help you understand the complexities, avoid noncompliance fines and reduce administrative work.


Reporting Tools for You

Heartland offers flexible reporting options that provide:

• Data that can be used to track the number of full-time equivalent employees for your business

• Assistance in determining which category you must comply with under the Employer Mandate of the ACA

• Information so you can work with your benefits provider to comply with appropriate filing and year-end benefits filing according to the ACA


More ACA Guidance

In addition to reporting, Heartland also offers:

• Guidance on current ACA requirements

• Training videos that review ACA details

• Documents, updates and FAQs covering all areas of Health Care Reform

• Notice of exchange documents that you can provide to new hires

• Email alerts as laws change on a state or federal level

• A communication portal to post information about open enrollment and insurance coverage


To learn more about how Heartland can help you

navigate the ACA, contact your local Heartland sales representative.


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