Alight Solutions aims to enhance healthcare, consumer experience and HRIS
Independent ben admin platform spun off by Aon focuses on health, wealth, consumer experience, technology and more to draw in mid-market clients.
Law and regulation
Benefits Think Terminating employees shortly after FMLA leave may spur legal troubles
Even a well-planned and justified firing could raise issues that would prevent quick resolution in court.
Hillary Massey
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Benefits Think State and local leave laws cause legal strife
With no national standard, daunting compliance challenges for employers are striking up across multiple jurisdictions, says attorney Steven K. Ludwig.
Steven K. Ludwig
Fox Rothschild LLP
Benefits Think Prepare now for NY paid family leave implementation
New law could have far-reaching implications for companies, even if they are not headquartered in New York state.
Breanna Scott
The Standard
Benefits Think State and local leave laws cause legal strife
With no national standard, daunting compliance challenges for employers are striking up across multiple jurisdictions, says attorney Steven K. Ludwig.
Steven K. Ludwig
Fox Rothschild LLP
Top 10 business practices that can get an employer sued
Potential exposure to litigation can be reduced by identifying key business practices that need modification.
Senate GOP health bill to break with House on key points
But, as in the House bill, states could receive waivers of some of Obamacare’s consumer protections including provision of 'essential health benefits.'
Benefits Think Using alternative strategies to circumvent compliance requirements
Brokers can maximize the value of their clients’ 401(k) participation and group health offerings by ensuring employers meet timely regulatory obligations.
Cort Olsen
Employee Benefit Adviser
Benefits Think 3 key points for choosing a wellness provider
When hiring a third-party financial partner, employee benefit consultants must look at data, technology and documentation.
Rick Kent
Merit Financial Group
Benefits Think Inside ERISA’s impact on employee health plans
Lawsuits against Cigna self-insured plans for alleged fraudulent behavior is a warning for employers that there will be more, says attorney Brenna A. Davenport.
Brenna A. Davenport
Poyner Spruill LLP
Benefits Think The fiduciary rule: Now that it’s here, what comes next?
A substantial watering-down of the protections in the rule is possible, says Carol Buckmann, so the ultimate status of the new regulation is still in question.
Carol Buckmann
Cohen & Buckmann PC
Retirement industry ready to protect 401(k) tax status
Employers and trade groups are monitoring congressional talk reexamining the tax-favored standing of workplace savings plans.
Benefits Think The fiduciary rule: Now that it’s here, what comes next?
A substantial watering-down of the protections in the rule is possible, says Carol Buckmann, so the ultimate status of the new regulation is still in question.
Carol Buckmann
Cohen & Buckmann PC
Benefits Think Inside ERISA’s impact on employee health plans
Lawsuits against Cigna self-insured plans for alleged fraudulent behavior is a warning for employers that there will be more, says attorney Brenna A. Davenport.
Brenna A. Davenport
Poyner Spruill LLP
Retirement industry ready to protect 401(k) tax status
Advisers and trade groups are monitoring congressional talk reexamining the tax-favored standing of workplace savings plans.
Benefits Think How to prepare for the ‘final’ fiduciary rule enforcement date
Although enactment takes place on June 9, the DOL could issue more changes before the full effect of the rule is felt, says attorney Ilene H. Ferenczy.
Ilene H. Ferenczy
Ferenczy Benefits Law Center
Fiduciary rule deadline raises clarity concerns
Industry group hoped for more time to makes sense of ‘murkiness’ before June 9 implementation date.
DoL won’t delay fiduciary rule, will go into effect June 9
There is "no principled legal basis" to do so, Labor Secretary Acosta says.
CIAB: ‘We feel vulnerable’ on tax-favored status of employee benefits
Industry trade group’s SVP Joel Wood discusses what might happen on Capitol Hill and why employers need to get their clients involved.
Benefits Think Employers must disclose group life conversion
Attorneys Dan Clark and Elizabeth Howard explain how a health system recently was ordered to pay $750,000 to a widow because the provider ignored its insurance procedures.
Daniel J. Clark
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP