by Ed Fensholt | February 16, 2021 | COBRA, Compliance Services, ERISA, HIPAA, The Coronavirus
You’re driving along, your partner’s in the passenger seat playing navigator. You drive smoothly past an exit only to have said partner exclaim, “Hey! Where are you going! You missed our exit!” Your reply: “Well you’re in charge of directions! Give me a little heads...
by Ed Fensholt | February 12, 2021 | Affordable Care Act, Compliance Services, Health Reform / ACA
To nobody’s surprise, the federal Department of Justice – now under the direction of the Biden administration – has filed papers with the U.S. Supreme Court reversing the Department’s view, espoused to the court as recently as last November, regarding the...
by Ethan McWilliams | February 3, 2021 | Compliance Services, DOL, ERISA
ERISA penalties adjusted for inflation The Department of Labor’s (DOL) enforcement wing, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), recently released inflation-adjusted penalty amounts for various ERISA welfare benefit plan violations. Federal regulations...
by Suzanne Bach | January 12, 2021 | Benefits Administration, Compliance Services, State and Local Issues
Well, 2021 is off to a contentious start politically, and coronavirus infections are surging again, but we have good news from California! The state’s taxing authority, the Franchise Tax Board (FTB), has extended or effectively extended the deadlines in 2021 for...
by Ed Fensholt | November 11, 2020 | Compliance Services, Health Reform / ACA, Uncategorized
As if 2020 has not already wrought enough chaos, many employers are finding that their medical plan eligibility rules are about to add insult to their employees’ injuries triggered by furloughs, layoffs or reduced work hours in 2020. Those reduced hours in 2020 may...
by Suzanne Bach | November 2, 2020 | Compliance Services, The Coronavirus, Uncategorized
Federal regulators have issued rules supplying the first interpretive gloss on the group health plan coverage mandate, imposed by Congressional legislation last spring, to provide coronavirus vaccines with no cost sharing. Consistent with the legislation, the new...
