THIS TIMELINE PROVIDES GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING FEDERAL BENEFIT NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR EMPLOYER-SPONSORED HEALTH PLANS. ADDITIONAL...

Currently, five states require employers to provide Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) wage replacement benefits to their employees who...

In an effort to offer more robust and cost-effective infertility coverage to employees, the Infertility HRA is an increasingly popular...

PRESENTED BY PRINCIPAL Business owners faced historic challenges during the pandemic, but now they’re gaining confidence. A record 36%...

A spending bill signed into law on March 15, 2022, extends the ability of high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) to provide benefits for...

The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) released a fact sheet on 2021 enforcement of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction...

On February 18, 2022, President Biden formally extends the COVID-19 National Emergency, which was set to expire on March 1, 2022 for...

The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) recently updated its preventive...

Effective November 15, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has increased the following key penalties affecting...

Affordable Care Act (ACA) reporting under Section 6055 and Section 6056 for the 2021 calendar year is due in early 2022. Specifically,...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued Notice 2022-04 to increase the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute...

On July 23, 2021, the IRS published a proposed rule that would expand the requirement to file certain information returns electronically,...

For the past two decades, health costs have increased each year. This happens for a variety of reasons, such as inflation or, say, a...

While offering health coverage and benefits for employees and dependents is a major business expense, lost productivity due to physical and...

President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) into law on March 11, 2021. The law generally provides financial...

Voluntary benefits have always been great tools for rounding off employee benefits offerings. And that value isn’t lost on employers—at...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently added nine new answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) to its existing...

On December 11, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for Pfizer Inc.’s COVID-19...

On December 15, 2020, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury (Departments) published a final rule that...

Many employee benefits are subject to annual dollar limits that are periodically updated for inflation by the IRS. The IRS typically...