Through participation in – and partnerships with – these and other key associations, GSA is able to keep abreast of any changes in the laws and regulations that affect their clients’ business:

• Professional Services Council (PSC)
• Professional Insurance Agents Association
• International Foundation of Employee Benefits
• Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
• Goodwill Industries of North America
• NISH

Assuring compliance for their clients is critical to GSA. A key aspect of this is staying on top of any and all changes in SCA and DBA regulations, insurance law, and employee benefit trends. To do this, GSA …

• Subscribes to an extensive array of trade publications
• Is committed to the continuing education of the entire GSA staff
• Maintains licenses in all 50 states
• Provides clients with regular compliance law updates through e-mails, bulletins, etc.

GSA strives to ensure that each client remains fully compliant with all SCA, DBA and DOL guidelines. To do this, GSA employs this compliance checklist as a benchmark:

• Timely payment of wages and fringe benefits
• Payments made to an independent trustee
• Bona fide plans
• Average Cost: All hours worked
• Per employee: All hours paid
  100% vesting
  SCA vs. FMLA –“successor in interest,” maintenance of employer paid benefits