A federal appeals court recently held that an employer’s health insurance plan wrongly excluded coverage for gender-affirming care in violation of federal civil rights law – offering a warning to employers across the country...more
6/12/2024
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Civil Rights Act ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Gender Identity ,
Health Insurance ,
Policy Exclusions ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Transgender
Employers likely have questions about abortion-related employment protections and healthcare benefits after Friday’s SCOTUS controversial decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. Given the ruling, people in states with strict...more
6/27/2022
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Health Insurance ,
Pregnancy ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) ,
Roe v Wade ,
SCOTUS ,
Title VII ,
Unpaid Leave
The Consolidated Appropriation Act of 2021 was signed into law on December 27, 2020 and is an impressive 5,593 pages. According to the Senate Historical Office, the Act is the longest bill ever passed by Congress. Buried...more
3/5/2021
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Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Dependent Care ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Flexible Spending Accounts ,
Fringe Benefits ,
Gag Clauses ,
Grace Period ,
Health Insurance ,
Health Plan Sponsors ,
IRS ,
Mental Health ,
Mental Health Parity Rule ,
Multiemployer Plan ,
NQTLs ,
Pensions ,
Prescription Drug Coverage ,
Relief Measures ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Retirement Plan ,
Student Loans ,
Substance Abuse
One of the hottest benefit trends in 2017 is the adoption of free or low-cost “telemedicine” programs to provide employees easy and affordable access to medical care. However, you need to proceed with caution when introducing...more
6/2/2017
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COBRA ,
EAP ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Excise Tax ,
HDHP ,
Health Insurance ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Health Savings Accounts ,
HSA ,
Telemedicine
In a first-of-its-kind decision, a federal court recently upheld the right of employees to sue their employer for allegedly cutting employee hours to less than 30 hours per week to avoid offering health insurance under the...more
One of the new Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirements imposed on employers is the obligation to report employee group health plan coverage information to the IRS and employees on Forms 1094-C and 1095-C. The first required...more
Today, in an anxiously awaited opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court preserved key provisions of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA), maintaining insurance subsidies despite a stiff challenge from opponents. By a 6 to 3...more