The Affordable Care Act (ACA or health care reform) says “applicable large employers” have to offer health insurance to their full-time employees or they may incur a penalty. But what is an “applicable large employer”, how many hours do full-time employees work, and what happens if health insurance isn’t offered?

In late December 2012, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury released proposed rules employers can use in 2013 to determine if they have to offer full-time employees coverage in 2014. At the same time, the IRS released a set of FAQs that summarize the rules and are a helpful guide.

We have created an FAQ to help you better understand this rule.

Source:  Anthem February 2013