Regulation

Determining if your coverage is affordable is only one of several steps employers need to take before the end of the year, and that’s not even considering the preparations they should have made already.

Thus, in this case, the plaintiffs had an initial burden of showing they carried flex hours forward into a new work week (in violation of the FLSA), or went entirely unpaid for those hours – a burden they did not satisfy.

A spike in reports of temporary workers suffering fatal injuries on the job has spurred a new initiative to protect them.

Although the Supreme Court only recently took up the constitutionality of same-sex marriage, the issue has been around since the early 2000s, when large employers began to voluntarily offer health coverage to same-sex domestic partners.

The IRS has proposed rules for the 90 day period between employers offering coverage and deciding when employees will get coverage.

Our nation’s highest court overturned a ruling recently that would have allowed the simple rewrite of terms of an ERISA-governed plan. The case is McCutchen v. U.S. Airways. Find out what it means for employers.

What happens if, during the course of the appeals process, the plan administrator comes across information that might impact the decision on appeal that makes the administrator want to grant the appeal?

The case raised the issue of whether a benefit plan administrator is entitled to full reimbursement for payments made to a plan participant injured in an accident where the participant sues and recovers damages from a third party.

In Thursday’s U.S. Senate HELP Committee hearing, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) found something to agree upon during a normally polarizing debate surrounding the ACA: their insurance careers.

MetLife poll reveals employers view voluntary legal plans as easy to handle and can improve employee satisfaction.