The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has developed a new online tool called the OSHA Recordkeeping Advisor to help employers understand their responsibilities to report and record work-related injuries and illnesses under the OSHA regulations.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released the 2012 inflation adjusted amounts forHealth Savings Accounts(HSAs) as determined under the Internal Revenue Code.

The Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) arerequesting public comment on issues relating to the shared responsibility provisions included in the Affordable Care Act that will apply to certain employers starting in 2014. 
 
Under the Affordable Care Act, employers with 50 or more full-time employees that do not offer affordable health coverage to their full-time employees may be required to make a shared responsibility payment. The law specifically exempts small firms that have fewer than 50 full-time employees. This provision takes effect in 2014.

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