As federal and state governments respond to COVID-19, employers and plan fiduciaries must also address the evolving issues arising under employer-sponsored health plans. The specific considerations covered in this update are...more
3/23/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Essential Health Benefits ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Fiduciary ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
HDHP ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
New Guidance ,
PHI ,
Plan Administrators ,
Self-Insured Health Plans
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued proposed regulations on October 23, 2019, providing for a new electronic-delivery safe harbor applicable to certain required disclosures for ERISA-governed retirement plans. Though...more
11/14/2019
/ Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Comment Period ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Electronic Communications ,
Electronic Filing ,
Electronic Reporting ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Notice Requirements ,
Pensions ,
Plan Administrators ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Safe Harbors ,
Summary Plan Description
Thirty-five years after deciding that arbitration clauses in employee benefit plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) were unenforceable, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit...more
10/23/2019
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Arbitrators ,
Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Binding Arbitration ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Plan Administrators ,
Retirement Plan