by Rory Akers, JD | July 20, 2020 | Compliance Services, Health Reform / ACA
So few health plans remain “grandfathered” under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that many benefits professionals may have forgotten there was once a time when most health plans dodged, at least temporarily, several key ACA-imposed benefit mandates due to their...
by Rory Akers, JD | January 22, 2020 | Compliance Services, DOL, ERISA
The Department of Labor (DOL) recently finalized regulations containing civil penalty inflation adjustments for 2020 in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 2015 (the “Act”). The Act requires the DOL publish annual inflation...
by Rory Akers, JD | January 28, 2019 | DOL, ERISA
The Department of Labor (DOL) recently finalized regulations containing civil penalty inflation adjustments for 2019 in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 2015 (the “Act”). The Act requires the DOL publish annual inflation...
by Rory Akers, JD | December 19, 2018 | ADA, DOL, EEOC, GINA, Wellness, Workplace Wellness
As the year draws to a close and we prepare to welcome 2019, recent litigation involving workplace wellness programs provides important reminders about how these programs should be structured and administered. Department of Labor actively auditing for wellness...
by Rory Akers, JD | January 22, 2018 | DOL
The Department of Labor (DOL) recently finalized regulations containing civil penalty inflation adjustments for 2018 in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 2015 (the “Act”). The Act requires the DOL publish annual inflation...
