Hurricane Irma: 10 challenges for employers
Unemployment benefits, leave of absences and calculating wages are among the issues likely to affect companies in the wake of the storm.
Benefit compliance
Why employers need to step up healthcare cost education for retirees
Older workers set to retire don’t understand that Medicare only covers some medical costs while millennials continue to bypass HSAs, one expert explains.
6 things employers need to know about Hurricane Irma
As Florida and the East Coast assess damage from Hurricane Irma, employers in the affected areas should consider how to address storm-related issues.
Benefits Think 5 common COBRA compliance pitfalls to avoid
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.
Marc McGinnis
The Word & Brown General Agency
A compliance attorney who understands benefit needs
FirstPerson’s Katy Stowers worked as an ERISA lawyer but now delivers benefit oversight and deliverables at the Indianapolis benefits consultancy.
Benefits Think Federal court invalidates new overtime rule
A recent court's decision effectively nullifies the DOL's overtime rule in its entirety.
Sean M. McCrory
Littler
Benefits Think Accessing personal email via company mobile phone may violate Stored Communications Act
A recent court ruling found that a former employee’s claim survived a motion to dismiss where she alleged her former employer violated the Stored Communications Act (“SCA”) when it accessed personal emails after she surrendered her company-issued mobile phone.
Donald C. Davis
Mintz Levin
Benefits Think Off-duty emails may be compensable (or not)
Just because an employee didn’t request after-hours pay doesn’t excuse an employer's obligation to pay — but a recent court decision could make overtime policies a bit thornier.
Anne B. Sekel
Foley & Lardner
Benefits Think Lightening the regulatory burden of retirement plan sponsors
A holistic approach to regulations that impact defined benefit plans is the only way to ensure employees are secure in their post-work years, says the ERISA Industry Committee.
Will Hansen
The ERISA Industry Committee
Benefits Think Employers should be wary of complex leave laws
As if laws around time off aren’t complicated enough – firms should remember that leave can be a reasonable accommodation.
Felicia S. O'Connor
Foley & Lardner
Benefits Think Employers should be wary of complex leave laws
As if laws around time off aren’t complicated enough – firms should remember that leave can be a reasonable accommodation.
Felicia S. O'Connor
Foley & Lardner
Benefits Think Lightening the regulatory burden of retirement plan sponsors
A holistic approach to regulations that impact defined benefit plans is the only way to ensure employees are secure in their post-work years, says the ERISA Industry Committee.
Will Hansen
The ERISA Industry Committee
Trump targets legal effort to protect LGBT workers from bias
The DOJ on Wednesday urged a federal appeals court in Manhattan to reject a lawsuit by a former skydiving instructor who claims he was fired for being gay.
Adviser Rae Lee Clark thrives with a head full of knowledge
Through a blog and newsletter, the chief compliance officer for benefit firm Vita Companies helps clients navigate regulation.
What the Senate motion to proceed on health reform means for employers
It’s business as usual for now, as changes would take years to implement, attorney says at EBA’s Workplace Benefits Mania conference.
Benefits Think What ever happened to the DOL’s overtime rule?
While the increase to the minimum salary required to be exempt from overtime requirements never came, the current administration has indicated that it still intends to raise the threshold.
Kamran Mirrafati
Foley & Lardner LLP
Benefits Think What ever happened to the DOL’s overtime rule?
While the increase to the minimum salary required to be exempt from overtime requirements never came, the current administration has indicated that it still intends to raise the threshold.
Kamran Mirrafati
Foley & Lardner LLP
Don’t have a benefit admin? BernieHR aims to deliver guidance
The a la carte program helps small businesses keep compliant while serving the benefit needs of the workforce.
Benefits Think Clients should use caution when firing an employee out on workers’ compensation
Employers must take great care to avoid a situation where it is deemed a worker was fired because of the claim.
Paul R. Monsees
Foley & Lardner
Fate of health reform’s 30-hour rule uncertain
Senate bill would remove noncompliance penalty, but observers caution industry to withhold any celebration of a change in the definition of a full-time employee.
