by Ethan McWilliams | February 10, 2022 | CHIPRA, Compliance Services, DOL, ERISA, Mental Health Parity, Reporting and Disclosure
ERISA penalties adjusted for inflation The Department of Labor’s (DOL) enforcement wing, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), recently made inflation adjustments to penalty amounts for various ERISA welfare benefit plan violations. Federal regulations...
by Paula Day | December 3, 2021 | Compliance Services, DOL, State and Local Issues, The Coronavirus
There’s been a flurry of activity in federal courts the past few weeks regarding the various federal vaccine mandates with new developments arising daily. States are increasing efforts to block mandates or expand exemptions for employees. Read below for a discussion...
by Suzanne Bach | September 30, 2021 | Compliance Services, DOL, Health Reform, Reporting and Disclosure
The federal Departments of Health & Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Treasury issued a second round of proposed rules late last week which, when finalized, will solicit utilization and cost data from health insurance carriers, group health plans and air ambulance...
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 | August 10, 2020 | Compliance Services, DOL, Paid Leave Laws, The Coronavirus, Uncategorized
Government contractors performing work on contracts governed by the Service Contract Act (SCA) or Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA) received some welcome news this week when the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL-WHD) issued guidance exempting...
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...
