Regulation

Most brokers see themselves contending with ben admin platform vendors and outsourcers for business.

Employers need to make sure they are using the new summary of benefits and coverage template and comply with reporting requirements, benefits attorneys warn.

With a number of ways employers can make a mistake, one expert reviews everything from employee misclassification to overtime calculation errors that can help avoid wage and hour problems.

Requirements can be difficult to follow, but mistakes can cost a broker and their client big money in fines, penalties, civil lawsuits, audits and more, says Word & Brown’s Marc McGinnis.

They need to act by Sept. 30 to use a fast-track procedure that prevents Democrats from blocking it, but the deadline doesn’t leave enough time to get a full analysis of the bill’s effects from the Congressional Budget Office.

Employers need to make sure they are using the new summary of benefits and coverage template and comply with reporting requirements, benefits attorneys warn.

GOP is making one last desperate push to repeal the ACA but faces significant challenges to get it done before a final deadline at the end of the month.

Careful communication of reasonable alternative standard can keep employers out of court; Macy’s lawsuit renews concern about punitive measures.

More states such as New York are implementing their own mandated regulations for businesses, but some employers may want to plan ahead before it becomes mandatory.

Google Inc. was accused in a class-action lawsuit of systematically paying male employees more than their female counterparts, adding the internet giant to a growing list of technology companies sued for gender discrimination.