US Payroll – Affordable Care Act (ACA) Employer Shared Responsibility

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Human Capital Management has been enhanced to provide functionality in response to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Employer Shared Responsibility provisions.  The new functionality will assist users in determining the employees to be considered full-time under ACA hours of services guidelines.  Under ACA requirements, employees who meet the hours of service threshold ( averaging at least 30 hours/week or 130 hours/month) should be considered eligible to receive health coverage.    ACA regulations apply to employers with 50 of more full-time employees (included full-time equivalents); these employers are referred to as Applicable Large Employers (ALEs).

To assist with identifying whether employee’s who are not classified as full-time but should be for ACA purposes, the Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne system provides an Hours of Service reporting process that can be used to calculate an employee's average hours of service for a particular measurement period.