Benefit compliance

The Employee Benefit Security Administration is closing fewer civil investigations into 401(k) plans but it’s recovering more money from firms that improperly oversee their employee pension schemes.

The trend of states and jurisdictions enacting paid sick leave requirements continues, posing compliance challenges for multistate employers.

Employees with family coverage in a health savings account may feel the effects in their tax bills for 2018.

Benefits managers with employees in the Empire State need to consider eligibility, qualifying events and coordination with accrued PTO policies.

Benefits managers with employees in the Empire State need to consider eligibility, qualifying events and coordination with accrued PTO policies.

The agency uses Letters 226J and 227 to assess ACA penalties, and firms that receive them could have millions at stake.

GAO requests that the IRS clarify how taxpayers report their participation to gain understanding of plans that could lead to exemption.

Are there any issues involved in nabbing top talent? The answer is: there can be.

A court determined that when the primary purpose of a stock ownership plan is something other than deferring income or providing retirement income, ERISA may not govern.

The agency uses Letters 226J and 227 to assess ACA penalties from employers, and clients who receive them could have millions at stake.

Regardless of the regulation’s future, employers need to ensure they’re passing costs on to plan participants that are reasonable in light of the services provided.

Regardless of the regulation’s future, employers need to ensure they’re passing costs on to plan participants that are reasonable in light of the services provided.

Thanks to a higher level of scrutiny from regulators, many insurers also act as financial managers and this leads employers to find elective benefit alternatives.

GAO requests that the IRS clarify how taxpayers report their participation to gain understanding of plans that could lead to exemption.

A new bill would mandate that private employers in the Garden State provide workers with up to nine days to deal with illness.

The DOL's Wage and Hour Division recently announced a new nationwide pilot program called the Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program.

As more states, cities and municipalities adopt policies, benefits managers should stay abreast of regulatory obligations, keep employees updated and consider using tech to help manage plans.

Spurred by tax reform savings and a tight labor market, AutoNation, Chipotle, Lowe’s and Hostess are among the companies that have enhanced perks.

A general misunderstanding is that in the Affordable Care Act era, anyone can purchase an individual health policy at any time on a guaranteed issue basis.

From harassment lawsuits to regulation compliance, cutting edge companies are overlooking policies critical to empowering and enhancing their workforce and company ethos.