Effective January 1, 2015, the employer mandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires employers with 100 or more full-time employees (or full-time equivalents) to provide affordable health care coverage for at least 70% of its employees or be subject to "shared responsibility" payments to the IRS.

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