2013 n NO. 2

Your Digest of Legal News for the Industry

Published for members of the American Staffing Association

ASA Launches Online Cost Calculator for ACA Compliance

Staffing firms can assess potential costs and decide whether to “pay or play”

The online calculator, exclusively
for ASA member staffing companies,
allows users to save and revisit data.
Go to asacostcalculator.net.

The Employer Shared Responsibility, also known as the “pay or play” rules, under the Affordable Care Act apply to employers with 50 or more full-time and full-time equivalent employees in 2013. Because staffing firms must include their temporary employee hours in their headcounts for purposes of determining whether the law applies to them, the great majority of ASA members will be subject to the employer provisions that become effective Jan. 1, 2014.

Staffing firms subject to the law must either offer minimum essential health coverage to their full-time employees (and the employees’ children under 26) or risk being subject to penalties in the form of a nondeductible excise tax. To assist ASA member staffing companies with assessing their potential costs under those provisions, the association in March launched the ASA Affordable Care Act Cost Calculator for Staffing. The online calculator is exclusively for ASA member staffing companies and allows users to save and revisit data. Go to asacostcalculator.net.