New data predicts rapid climb in salary threshold
Under the DOL’s new rule, millions of additional employees could face dramatic changes in their benefits and schedules, according to a WorldatWork analysis.
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New data predicts rapid climb in salary threshold
Under the DOL’s new rule, millions of additional employees could face dramatic changes in their benefits and schedules, according to a WorldatWork analysis.
Shift to defined benefit health plans still ‘a steep climb’
Features such as insurance portability may appeal to workers, but employers need to work hard to convince employees to go with a move away from group coverage, says Hixme’s Denny Weinberg.
Employment litigation based on family circumstances continues to rise
The cases include complaints of unjust treatment based on pregnancy, motherhood, fatherhood, caring for family members who are sick or disabled and caring for ill or aging parents.
Benefits Think 12 ways to count employees for health plan purposes
The methods for counting employees are as varied as the laws that affect them, often creating confusion and frustration for plan sponsors, says Compliancedashboard’s Dan Bond.
Dan Bond
Compliancedashboard, LLC
Shift to defined benefit health plans still ‘a steep climb’
Features such as insurance portability may appeal to workers, but employers need to work hard to convince employees to go with a move away from group coverage, says Hixme’s Denny Weinberg.
Benefits Think 12 ways to count employees for health plan purposes
The methods for counting employees are as varied as the laws that affect them, often creating confusion and frustration for plan sponsors, says Compliancedashboard’s Dan Bond.
Dan Bond
Compliancedashboard, LLC
Benefits Think IRS nondiscrimination rules could be released by year’s end
The rules are expected to be designed to ensure that highly compensated employees and rank-and-file workers receive health benefits that are relatively equal in value.
Daniel N. Kuperstein
Corporate Synergies
Benefits Think ACA nondiscrimination regulations finalized
New rules take effect next month, and health advisers need to consider how the directives affect matters of plan design and operation.
Edward I. Leeds
Ballard Spahr LLC
Benefits Think ACA nondiscrimination regulations finalized
Many of the ACA's nondiscrimination regulations will start to take effect this July, and employers that sponsor group health plans will need to consider the new rules and how they affect matters of design and operation.
Edward I. Leeds
Ballard Spahr LLC
Benefits Think End of transitional relief should prompt re-evaluation of health plans
The ACA’s waivers for small businesses are ending in 2017, so it’s time for companies to look more closely at their benefit programs, according to adviser Sue Wakamoto-Lee.
Sue Wakamoto-Lee
Zenefits
Benefits Think End of transitional relief should prompt re-evaluation of health plans
The ACA’s waivers for small businesses are ending in 2017, so it’s time for companies to look more closely at their benefit programs, according to adviser Sue Wakamoto-Lee.
Sue Wakamoto-Lee
Zenefits
Fiduciary rule got support from a surprising contingent
Some insiders at big brokerage firms encouraged the DOL to maintain progress during the rule’s development, which Assistant Secretary of Labor Phyllis Borzi says “kept us going.”
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Ann Marsh
Form 5500 updates coming ‘very soon,’ says EBSA’s Borzi
Changes will be more substantial than previous updates, said Phyllis Borzi, assistant secretary of labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration, speaking this week during the IFEBP’s Washington Legislative Update.
ACA anti-discrimination regs provide detailed guidance
Exclusions or limitations for all healthcare services related to gender transition are specifically characterized as discrimination under the new HHS rules.
DOL will be prepared for fiduciary enforcement, Perez says
The new rules were developed in consultation with the SEC, the Labor secretary adds.
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Scott Wenger
Benefits Think 6 steps employers should take to start complying with DOL overtime rules
Companies need to evaluate whether they will either raise salaries to maintain an exempt status, or begin paying overtime when the employee works more than 40 hours in a single week.
Benefits Think DOL overtime will have ‘considerable’ impact on all employers
The DOL's overtime rule is out and all employers, both large and small, are sure to be affected, says lawyer John Schifino.
John Schifino
Burr & Forman LLP
Benefits Think DOL overtime rules announced with ‘considerable’ impact on all employers
The DOL's overtime rule is out and all employers, both large and small, are sure to be affected, says lawyer John Schifino.
John Schifino
Burr & Forman LLP
Benefits Think 4 ways to navigate seasonal hiring
Employers can ensure their summer workforce plans are compliant by asking their benefit advisers for help, according to ADP’s Aldor Delp.
Aldor Delp
ADP