A new Supreme Court decision has answered the prayers of church-associated entities seeking relief from the regulatory requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Employee benefit plans, including defined benefit pension plans, are ...
On Thursday May 4, 2017, the House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act of 2017. The legislation, which repeals the Affordable Health Care Act passed during the Obama administration, must move onto the Senate, ...
Employers have been granted a reprieve, albeit a short one, regarding the issuance of reports to employees under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA imposes a variety of reporting requirements on “Applicable Large Employers” ...
A federal Appeals Court has ruled that a COBRA notice to a terminated employee was effective even though it was mailed to an incorrect address and the employee never received it. Mirelle Vangas was terminated ...
The United States Supreme Court has ruled that federal law permits a self-funded health plan to disregard a Vermont statute requiring health care claims data to be reported to the state. Since this decision was issued ...
If you wish to avoid providing health insurance to employees, can you just reduce their work schedules so they don’t meet the 30-hour weekly threshold under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)? A recent ruling from a federal ...
A Wisconsin federal court has now given a clean bill of health to employer-sponsored wellness programs requiring medical examinations as a condition of enrollment in the employer’s health insurance plan. In EEOC v. Flambeau, Inc., ...
President Obama has now issued an Executive Order requiring federal contractors (and subcontractors) to offer up to 7 days of paid sick leave each year. This new requirement will not apply, however, until January 1, ...
