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Under the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) employer shared responsibility rules, large employers are required to offer medical coverage to substantially all full-time employees – those who work an average of 30 or more hours per week. This expansion of the class of full-time eligible employees undoubtedly poses a challenge to many employers who must balance the need to comply with ACA rules with budgetary constraints.

Soon we will be ushering in the New Year, which marks the first for the roll-out of the Employer Shared Responsibility provisions under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Though numerous guidelines were put forth to inform employers of how to satisfy the requirements under this employer mandate, 2014 also provided an opportunity to understand ways in which employers will fail (or at the very least, struggle) to meet these same obligations.