The Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued new model notices for group health plan administrators to use to comply with COBRA notifica...

The Departments of Labor (DOL) and the Treasury (Departments) recently issued deadline relief to help employee benefit plans, plan partic...

In Revenue Procedure 2020-32, the IRS released the 2021 inflation-adjusted figures for contributions to HSAs. Most items are set to incre...

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently announced a new joint-employer final rule, which becomes effective April 27, 2020, an...

The United States Supreme Court denied motions to expedite consideration of Texas v. Azar, the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality ...

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA or Act) requires certain employers to provide their employees with paid sick leave and...

Updated COVID-19 from MetLife Summary of the New Federal Sick Leave Requirements of the Act Initially, the Act requires employers with few...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently published a final rule increasing the civil monetary penalties for violations ...

Transitional plans can stay in force until December 2021. That is if states and carriers allow it! This marks the seventh extension of th...

The IRS released an updated version of its Form W-4, also known as the “Employee’s Withholding Certificate.” Employers use IRS Form W-4 t...

The same spending bill that repealed the Cadillac tax, the medical devices excise tax and the health insurance providers fee reinstated t...

The federal spending bill signed into law at the end of 2019 repealed three taxes and fees under the Affordable Care Act (ACA): The Cadil...

Does Your State Provide/Require SDI or PFL? In the United States, there are several states and one commonwealth that provide statutory di...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a proposed rule in October that would allow plan administrators to make retirement plan disc...

In November 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a proposed rule to update the “fluctuating workweek” method for calculatin...

On Friday, November 15, 2019, the Trump administration released its final rule regarding hospital price transparency. This final rule wil...

Recently, the Departments of Labor (DOL) and Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an updated template and related materials for the sum...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments recently regarding the discrimination of LGBTQ individuals under Title VII of the Civil Right...

On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a new final rule that updates the salary thresholds that some individ...

Each year, Medicare Part D requires group health plan sponsors to disclose to individuals who are eligible for Medicare Part D and to the...