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Sep 19, 2013
To ensure that employees are aware of the health care exchanges under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the ACA requires virtually all employers, including employers that are not subject to the employer mandate of the ACA, to provide a notice to employees that health insurance coverage may be available through an exchange. A notice must be provided to each employee, regardless of plan enrollment status (if applicable) or of part-time or full-time status. Employers are not required to provide notices to individuals who are not employees, including dependents, former employees and retirees.
Notices must be provided to current employees by October 1, 2013, and notices must be provided to new employees on their date of hire. The Department of Labor has published a document for employers to provide their employees. That document is available here.
