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MHPAEA July 2025 Update: What Employers and Plans Need to Know about Federal Non-Enforcement

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The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) was enacted to ensure that group health plans and health insurance issuers offering mental health and substance use disorder (MH/SUD) benefits do not impose...more

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DOL Updates Cybersecurity Guidance for ERISA Plans

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On September 6, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a press release announcing that it was publishing updated cybersecurity guidance in the form of Compliance Assistance Release No. 2024-01 for all plans governed...more

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DOL Settlements Remind Employers to Avoid Collecting Premiums Until Evidence of Insurability is Approved

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced two settlements with major insurance companies this month that highlight the importance of employers avoiding the collection of group life insurance premiums from employees until...more

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The New Fiduciary Rule (36): Confusion about Annual Retrospective Reviews

The Department of Labor has issued its final regulation defining fiduciary status for investment advice to retirement investors and the related exemptions for prohibited conflicts—PTE 2020-02 and 84-24. The exemptions provide...more

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Special Report - Funding Employer-Sponsored Group Health Coverage: The Group Captive Solution - November 2023

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Employer-sponsored health insurance covers almost 159 million non-elderly US workers and their dependents, and employees and jobseekers alike view group health coverage as the single most important non-cash job-related...more

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Client Alert: Employment-Related Litigation Risks and Insurance Coverage for Hospitality Companies in 2023

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Entering 2023, businesses in the hospitality industry continue to face significant litigation risks arising out of employment-related claims. In this article, we will highlight three areas of employment-related litigation...more

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Insurance Industry Wins Temporary FLSA Exemption for Insurance Adjusters in CRomnibus

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On Tuesday, we discussed Congress’s passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, nicknamed CRomnibus in the waning days of the 2014 legislative session. The omnibus spending bill avoided...more

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FLSA Insurance-Adjuster Overtime Exception Buried In Appropriations Bill

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Section 111 of the recently-enacted "Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2015" directs that the federal Fair Labor Standards Act "shall be applied as if" there is an overtime exclusion for certain workers who are employed...more

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