A federal appeals court recently held that an employer’s health insurance plan wrongly excluded coverage for gender-affirming care in violation of federal civil rights law – offering a warning to employers across the country...more
6/12/2024
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Civil Rights Act ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Gender Identity ,
Health Insurance ,
Policy Exclusions ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Transgender
The Department of Labor recently proposed updates to its Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFCP), which would allow fiduciaries the opportunity to self-correct certain matters including late deposits to a 401(k) plan....more
Employers likely have questions about abortion-related employment protections and healthcare benefits after Friday’s SCOTUS controversial decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. Given the ruling, people in states with strict...more
6/27/2022
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
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Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Health Insurance ,
Pregnancy ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) ,
Roe v Wade ,
SCOTUS ,
Title VII ,
Unpaid Leave
The Consolidated Appropriation Act of 2021 was signed into law on December 27, 2020 and is an impressive 5,593 pages. According to the Senate Historical Office, the Act is the longest bill ever passed by Congress. Buried...more
3/5/2021
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Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Dependent Care ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Flexible Spending Accounts ,
Fringe Benefits ,
Gag Clauses ,
Grace Period ,
Health Insurance ,
Health Plan Sponsors ,
IRS ,
Mental Health ,
Mental Health Parity Rule ,
Multiemployer Plan ,
NQTLs ,
Pensions ,
Prescription Drug Coverage ,
Relief Measures ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Retirement Plan ,
Student Loans ,
Substance Abuse
The Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued proposed regulations updating the safe harbor for the electronic delivery of employee benefit plan notifications for plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act...more
12/6/2019
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Electronic Disclosure ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
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Retirement Plan ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Safe Harbors
The Internal Revenue Service recently amended its Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) to allow more retirement plan qualification failures to be self-corrected, including retroactive plan amendments. This is...more
In a unanimous 8-0 decision published today, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled that employee benefit plans sponsored by church-affiliated organizations will qualify for the “church plan” exemption under the Employee...more
6/6/2017
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Affiliates ,
Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Church Plans ,
Churches ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Exemptions ,
Hospitals ,
Pensions ,
Religious Schools ,
SCOTUS
Now that some of the dust has settled on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in U.S. v. Windsor, employers who haven’t done so already should take immediate steps to review their retirement plan documents and administrative...more