That portion of the law was scheduled to begin next year, and business that did not comply would face stiff penalties.
However, in a blog post published Tuesday on the Department of Treasury website by assistant secretary for tax policy at the U.S. treasury department Mark Mazur, the administration says it is delaying implementation of the mandate provision to allow businesses more time to adjust and to simplify that portion of the law.
There have been concerns since the law’s passage in 2010 that employers would attempt to navigate around the law by changing employee hours or cutting workers. The administration obviously now has an extra year to deal with issues like this.
