GSA NATIONAL BLOG

Requiring First Refusal Rights to Employees Covered under Predecessor SCA Contract Just when we were settling down with recent regulations governing the nondisplacement of workers upon the expiration of a... Read More

Last week, President Trump revoked Executive Order (Order) 13495, the Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers, which applied to contracts under the Service Contract Act.  Executive Order 13495 previously required that successor... Read More

The U.S. Department of Labor has released its annual memorandum regarding the rate for Service Contract Act (SCA) Health and Welfare Fringe Benefits. The new rate of $4.54 per hour... Read More

Department of Labor (DOL) wage and hour investigations are on the rise. This trend serves our industry with a critical reminder to review your company’s Service Contract Act (SCA) and Davis-Bacon... Read More

No other employee benefits firm supports more benefits, more carriers, or provides more solutions to government contractors. For over 20 years, GSA National has provided unique solutions to government contractors... Read More

There is a common misconception, often repeated by so called “experts” in our field, that is preventing many federal contractors from maximizing cost effectiveness in the allocation of H&W dollars... Read More

The U.S. Department of Labor has released its annual memorandum regarding the rate for Service Contract Act (SCA) Health and Welfare Fringe Benefits. The new rate of $4.48 per hour... Read More

The IRS announced late last week that the annual limit on deductible contributions to a health savings account will jump by $50 for individuals and $100 for families in 2019.... Read More

The IRS has reversed their March 5 decision to lower the 2018 HSA family contribution limit. The $6,900 limitation as the maximum deductible HSA contribution for individuals with family coverage... Read More

Coming in May 2018, the EU will institute its landmark data privacy legislation, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – a piece of legislation that seeks to protect the personal... Read More

On March 5, 2018, the IRS announced a reduction in the amount that an individual with family coverage under a high deductible health plan (“HDHP”) can contribute to a health... Read More

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has started issuing the first wave of Letters 226-J informing applicable large employers who did not comply with the ACA employer mandate for 2015 Plan... Read More