Employee Benefit Plans Legal Developments
- PBGC Plans to Collect Data from Multiemployer Pensions
- DOL Issues Guidance on Second-Year SBCs
- U.S. Supreme Court Decision Strongly Supports Health Plan's Right to Reimbursement/Subrogation
- Ninth Circuit Finds Trustees Violated Fiduciary Duty in 401(k) Plans
- What To Do When There is a Breach of Protected Health Information
- Beware Employers’ Affordable Care Act “Certifications”
- DOL Issues Guidance on Single-Employer Pension Plan Funding
- Revised IRS Letter Procedures Eliminate “Working Copy” Submissions of Plan Documents
- California Legislature Gets Ready for The Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")
- Unions Can Be "Navigators" for Uninsured Californians
- Supreme Court Will Hear Oral Argument On Two Cases Involving Same-sex Marriage
- A Growing Trend in Paid Sick Leave Laws
- IRS Seeks Additional Guidance on Application of ACA Employer Mandate to Multiemployer Health Plans
- “Covered California” Releases Standardized Benefit Plans
- New Interim Regulations on the Affordable Care Act’s Whistleblower Protections
- PBGC Reports to Congress on Multiemployer Pension Plans
- The Affordable Care Act's "Kids Glitch"
- Health Care Reform Update
- Tax-Free Commuter Benefits Restored and Increased
- HHS Issues Final HIPAA Omnibus Rule
- New PBGC Premiums and Changes to Annual PBGC Premium Filings
- Fiscal Cliff Bill Allows In-Plan Roth 401(k) Conversions
- The Affordable Care Act 2013 Update
- Department of Labor to propose a new definition of fiduciary under ERISA
- New Affordable Care Act Regulations on Essential Health Benefits
- Major Changes to Women’s Health Care Beginning January 1, 2013
- New Affordable Care Act Regulations on Wellness Programs
- Department of Health and Human Services Issues New Affordable Care Act Regulations
- Update on the Implementation of Health Care Exchanges under the Affordable Care Act
- US Supreme Court to Decide Extent of Trust Fund Subrogation/Reimbursement Rights
- Fifth Circuit Finds No Abuse of Discretion in Refusing to Pay Default Beneficiary Benefits to Step-Children
- After San Diego Moves from DB Plan to DC Plan, State Requires San Diego Workers Receive Social Security Coverage
- DOL Recommends Repeal of Limited Scope Audits
- Governor Brown Authorizes Feasibility Study for New Retirement Savings Plan
- Pensions Take Center Stage As The Multiemployer Funding Rules Under The Pension Protection Act Sunset
- New Guidance for Employers to Determine Coverage under the Affordable Care Act
- Report Reveals $750 Billion in Health Care System Waste
- HHS Will Not Enforce the Requirement that Non-Federal Governmental Plans Provide Notice of the ERISA Private Right of Action
- Deadline Approaching for Providing Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) to Group Health Plan Participants and Beneficiaries
- HHS Releases Final Blueprint for State-based Exchanges under the Affordable Care Act
- ACA Nondiscrimination Rules Apply to Gender Identity and Stereotyping
- What if a Service Provider Didn't Disclose?
- Renewed Focus on the Retirement Security Gender Gap
- New Form 990 Reporting Requirements for Multiemployer Health and Welfare Plans
- New Self-Compliance Tool for Part 7 of ERISA
- New Law Increases PBGC Premium Contributions by Trust Funds
- Stockton, California files for Bankruptcy, Eliminates Retiree Health Benefits
- Affordable Care Act Upheld by United States Supreme Court
- DOL’s Recent Guidance on New Participant Fee Disclosure Regulations
- California Senate Passes Bill To Investigate Creating Guaranteed Retirement Savings Plan
- New DOL Guidance on Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC)
- New DOL Guidance on Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act
- Apprenticeship Programs – Acceptable Graduation Expenses
- Post-Judgment Collection Options - Abstracts of Judgment and Judgment Liens
- ERISA’s Free Look Rule
- Demonstrating an Illegal Double-Breast
- Guidance on W-2 Health Coverage Reporting: Multiemployer Plans Exempt, Single Employer Plans Limited
- New California Law Protects Health Coverage During Pregnancy Leave
- HHS to Shift More Control to States to Implement Health Care Reform
- Early Retiree Reinsurance Program to deny reimbursement for claims incurred after 2011
- New Participant Disclosure Requirements effective April 2012
- New Service Provider Disclosure Requirements effective April 2012
- Preparing Your Apprenticeship and Training Funds for DOL Audits
- Ninth Circuit Mandates Stricter Standards for Mental Health Parity
- New Accounting Disclosure Standards for Employers Participating in Multiemployer Plans
- Affordable Insurance Exchanges under the Affordable Care Act
- Coverage of Preventive Health Services under the Affordable Care Act
- New Pension Funding Relief Act
- Information to Be Supplied to Employers and Unions Upon Written Request
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