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Employer Mandates is a term commonly used to describe employer insurance obligations under the Affordable Care Act. Under the Affordable Care Act, employers with 50 or more employees are required to provide minimum essential insurance coverage to their employees or else pay statutory penalties. The concept of an employer mandate is not unique to the Affordable Care Act; many EU countries have their own versions with different and/or expanded employer obligations. less -

OFCCP Week In Review: August 2022

DirectEmployers Association on 8/1/2022

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Cynthia L. Hackerott. In today’s edition,...more

Agencies Clarify How Employers Can Charge COVID-19 Vaccine Premium Incentives

McDermott Will & Emery on 11/2/2021

On October 4, 2021, the US Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services (the Tri-Agencies) issued guidance regarding the application of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) wellness...more

#WorkforceWednesday: OSHA ETS in Review, Texas Vaccine Mandate Ban, Health Premium Incentives - Employment Law This Week®

Epstein Becker & Green on 10/20/2021

This week, we review the status of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring employers to mandate vaccines. Employers Await White House Decision on OSHA ETS ...more

United States Supreme Court recognizes employer religious freedoms in two recent decisions

Hogan Lovells on 7/29/2020

On July 8, 2020, the United States Supreme Court decided two cases addressing employers’ religious freedoms in very different contexts: one concerning whether religious school teachers could challenge adverse employment...more

Supreme Court Rules that Employers May Use Religious and Moral Exemptions for Requirement to Provide Health Plan Coverage for...

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 7/20/2020

On July 8, 2020, in the consolidated cases of Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania et al. and Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Pennsylvania et al., the U.S. Supreme...more

Supreme Court Allows Religious Employer Exemptions from Contraceptive Coverage

Foley Hoag LLP on 7/14/2020

On Wednesday, July 8, 2020, the Supreme Court weighed in on whether religious employers are required to offer their employees health plans that include contraceptive coverage. In its opinion in Little Sisters of the Poor v....more

Supreme Court Upholds Rules Expanding Exemptions To ACA’s Contraceptive Mandate

Fisher Phillips on 7/14/2020

The Supreme Court just upheld two Trump-era rules expanding religious and moral exemptions to the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) contraceptive mandate. The July 8 decision in Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania is just...more

Supreme Court Upholds Exemption to ACA’s Contraceptive Mandate

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/13/2020

In Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania, the Supreme Court this week upheld regulations issued by the U.S. Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services (the Departments) that...more

SCOTUS Gives Religious Exemptions Wide Berth in Two Key Employment Rulings

Franczek P.C. on 7/10/2020

On July 8, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two 7-2 decisions involving religious exemptions to federal employment and benefits laws....more

New Supreme Court Ruling Allows Religious Employers to Exempt Birth Control from Health Care Coverage

Burr & Forman on 7/10/2020

This week, the Supreme Court ruled that employers may exclude coverage for birth control from their health plans based upon moral or religious objections to contraception. ...more

Religious exemption carries in U.S. Supreme Court decision on preventive reproductive care

Bricker Graydon LLP on 7/10/2020

Until this week, federal law required most insurance plans to cover the cost of birth control without a copay. However, the history behind this issue can be traced back much further....more

Supreme Court Decides Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania and Trump v. Pennsylvania

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 7/9/2020

On July 8, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania and Trump v. Pennsylvania, holding that the Department of Health and Human Services validly created...more

Health Care Reform Roundup – Issue 10

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 10/30/2017

After months of failed attempts to pass any health care reform legislation, it appears efforts to pass a bipartisan bill to improve the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are picking up steam. Below is a summary of regent health care...more

New Affordable Care Act FAQs Released on Rescissions of Coverage, Preventive Care Mandate, Out-of-Network Emergency Service...

Franczek P.C. on 4/26/2016

The U.S. Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of the Treasury (collectively, the “Departments”) have jointly issued a new set of answers to frequently asked questions about the...more

Manatt on 1332: Hawaii Posts Nation's First State Innovation Waiver Proposal

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 9/28/2015

Overview - On September 9 Hawaii became the first state to post a draft 1332 waiver proposal for public comment. While Hawaii's waiver proposal is focused on the state's unique 40-year-old employer mandate, the 40-page...more

New Regulations Permit Employers to Offer Limited Wraparound Health Coverage as Excepted Benefit - McGuireWoods Healthcare Reform...

McGuireWoods LLP on 4/30/2015

This is the 48th in a series of WorkCite articles concerning the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and its companion statute, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (referred to collectively as the...more

New Proposed Rules Streamline ACA Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) Disclosure Requirement

Franczek P.C. on 1/27/2015

In a very welcome development for health insurance issuers and employers who sponsor self-funded group health plans, the Departments of Treasury, Labor, and HHS have issued joint new proposed regulations that will streamline...more

Another Lawsuit Adds to Uncertainty About ACA

Carlton Fields on 11/25/2014

On November 21, House Republicans filed a lawsuit to challenge certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The suit disputes two actions by the Obama Administration in implementing the law: a delay in the...more

The Affordable Care Act—Countdown to Compliance for Employers, Week 7: IRS Puts the Kibosh on Health Plans that Fail to Cover...

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 11/11/2014

In a previous post, we described an Affordable Care Act compliance strategy—referred to commercially as a “minimum value plan” or “MVP”—that involves an offer of group health plan coverage that, while similar in most respects...more

The Affordable Care Act—Countdown to Compliance for Employers, Week 26: Fitting a Round Peg (the Public Health Service Act 90-day...

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 6/30/2014

The Departments of the Treasury/IRS, Labor and Health and Human Services (the “Departments”) recently issued a final regulation under the 90-day waiting period limitation, which is included among the Affordable Care Act’s...more

Health Care Reform Update -- September 9th, 2013

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 9/10/2013

In This Issue: Leading the News; Implementation of the Affordable Care Act; Other HHS and Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; Other Health Care News; and Hearings and Mark-Ups...more

Final Wellness Rules May Require Review of Existing Wellness Programs

Snell & Wilmer on 7/18/2013

Final wellness regulations were issued by the Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services (the “Departments”) on June 3, 2013 and apply to employer-sponsored group health plans for plan years beginning on or...more

Healthcare Law -- Jul 15, 2013

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 7/16/2013

How Does the DOMA Defeat Impact Healthcare Reform and Health Insurance Access? - NOTE: The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision to invalidate the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) will affect more than 1,000 federal statutes—and...more

Agencies Provide Guidance on Additional Health Care Reform Changes Impacting Non-Grandfathered Employer Group Health Plans

Snell & Wilmer on 7/10/2013

The Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury (collectively, the “Departments”) during the first half of the year issued guidance in the form of Frequently Asked Questions (the “FAQs”) on certain...more

Health Care Reform Update -- July 8, 2013

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 7/9/2013

In This Issue: Leading the News; Implementation of the Affordable Care Act; Other HHS and Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; and Hearings and Mark-Ups Scheduled. Excerpt...more

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