Benefit compliance

Employers need to keep pace with the latest developments impacting health plans. Mercer shares what to watch out for in the coming months.

With the new, increased salary requirements set to take effect later this year for exempt employees, many employers are asking how they might reduce their overtime obligations. One possible approach is the fluctuating workweek method of compensation.

Do your programs comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act? Here’s everything you need to know.

The DOL and IRS announced a proposal to implement significant changes to forms and regulations that govern annual employee benefit plan reporting.

On Aug. 1, 2016, Massachusetts became the first state to bar employers from asking job applicants about their salary history before making a formal job offer that includes compensation.

The measure’s provisions have become most controversial and are being challenged in a Texas lawsuit brought by eight employer groups.

The measure’s provisions have become most controversial and are being challenged in a Texas lawsuit brought by eight employer groups.

Many employers and advisers do not think about this law when it comes to such compensation, says attorney Casey K. Fleming.

The advice environment for participant rollover choices is muddled as plan providers struggle to gear up for the DOL’s rule.

The advice environment for participant rollover choices is muddled as plan providers struggle to gear up for the DOL’s rule.

The DOL and IRS announced a proposal to implement significant changes to forms and regulations that govern annual employee benefit plan reporting.

Companies should immediately review their pay scales for employees and make adjustments where they see fit to either begin paying overtime or to raise salaries to correspond to the new change.

Chicago's recent PTO ordinance is only the latest example of a nationwide trend to mandate that employers provide paid time off to employees to care for themselves or their families — a trend certain to continue and expand.

Compliance, creativity, clarification and confusion reign in employee benefits, says Eric T. Helman, chief strategy officer at Hodges-Mace.

Generally speaking, many employers do not think about ERISA when it comes to severance, whether at the front end, when employment agreements or policies are negotiated and planned, or at the back end, when termination occurs and the severance is paid.

Many employers will be subject to the change for incidences that take place in 2016, says United Benefit Advisors’ Nancy Bourque.

The new penalties for the Employee Retirement Income Security Act are set to climb next month.

Most companies have been through ‘hell’ in the last year due to reporting requirements, says a Lockton exec who shared some of the biggest obstacles.

Most companies have been through ‘hell’ in the last year due to reporting requirements, says a Lockton exec who shared some of the biggest obstacles.

Chicago's recent PTO ordinance is only the latest example of a nationwide trend to mandate that employers provide paid time off to employees to care for themselves or their families — a trend certain to continue and expand.