2021

How Big a Part of the Colorado Economy is the Oil, Gas Industry?

2023-04-17T11:22:50-04:00July 21st, 2021|2021, Colorado News, Fuel Industry News, Labor News|

A new report by a national industry group that says oil and gas development supports hundreds of thousands jobs in Colorado arrives amid robust discussions on the economic recovery and energy future of the state and nation. The report [...]

NARFA Partners with Flyreel to Provide Innovative, Contact-Less Safety and Loss Control Inspections to Members as Part of Their Workers Compensation Program

2023-04-17T11:22:50-04:00July 13th, 2021|2021, Company News, Safety Tips, Workers Compensation|

PETERBOROUGH, N.H. & DENVER, July 13, 2021--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The National Automotive Roads Fuel Association (NARFA), the exclusive sponsor of the Automotive Industries Compensation Corporation (AICC) workers compensation program, is proud to announce the availability of Flyreel for AICC members. Flyreel [...]

Mental Health: The Importance Of Understanding And Recognizing Issues At Work

2023-04-17T11:22:51-04:00July 9th, 2021|2021, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Benefits, Wellness|

More than half of adults with mental illness do not receive treatment for their conditions, which means that for every person receiving help for conditions like anxiety or depression, there is another individual who is struggling with a condition they might [...]

NARFA Enhances the AICC Loss Control Team Starting on July 1st, 2021

2023-04-17T11:22:52-04:00June 22nd, 2021|2021, Company News, Massachusetts News, Safety Tips, Workers Compensation|

We are pleased to introduce the Automotive Industries Compensation Corporation (AICC) Loss Control & Safety Team to the membership, as of July 1st, 2021. The AICC Administrator, FutureComp, will be utilizing a three-person team of safety professionals to deliver [...]

2022 Changes and Increases to Health Savings Account and HDHP Limits

2023-04-17T11:22:53-04:00June 17th, 2021|2021, Benefits Administration, Employee Benefits, Employee Benefits Legislation, Health Savings Accounts, Legislative News|

In May, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced the 2022 health savings account (HSA) annual contribution limit and the 2022 high deductible health plan (HDHP) definitional limit per Internal Revenue Code Section 223. Under Revenue Procedure 2021-25 the limits for [...]

Massachusetts Updates Premium Pay Under Blue Laws

2023-04-17T11:22:56-04:00May 28th, 2021|2021, Benefits Administration, Labor News, Legislative News, Massachusetts News|

Massachusetts has made several revisions to its “blue laws” that require most employers that are retailers to pay premium pay for work on certain holidays. First, the Commonwealth has designated Juneteenth Independence Day, June 19, as a legal holiday. [...]

May is National Electrical Safety Month: “Connected to Safety”

2023-04-17T11:23:35-04:00May 5th, 2021|2021, General Industry News, Safety Tips|

May is National Electrical Safety Month, and the Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) is launching its annual effort to help reduce electrically related fatalities, injuries, and property loss. This year's campaign theme is “Connected to Safety,” which aims to educate the [...]

DOL Guidance Focuses on 401(k)-to-IRA Rollover Advice

2023-04-17T11:23:36-04:00April 19th, 2021|2021, Employee Benefits, Employee Benefits Legislation, Labor News, Legislative News|

Investment advisors who encourage employees to roll over their 401(k) savings into an individual retirement account (IRA) must adhere to the "investor's best interest" fiduciary standard, and do so from the first conversations about rolling over fund assets—if the [...]