Many group health plans use a calendar year based plan year. As a result, autumn is a common time for group health plans to hold their annual open enrollment periods. The annual open enrollment period is a convenient time for employers to satisfy their annual participant notice obligations. To aid employers with this process, here […]
On August 29, 2017 the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) halted the EEOC’s proposed EEO-1 Report changes after a review of the data collection requirements pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act. OMB issued an immediate stay of the EEOC’s collection of pay and hours worked data from covered businesses, which are estimated to […]
Highlights The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has ordered the EEOC to reconsider its previously issued regulations regarding permissible wellness programs under the ADA and GINA. However, the EEOC’s current regulations remain in force while the EEOC conducts this reconsideration. Background The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) generally prohibits employers from requiring […]
Federal government contractors who thought the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) was on the ropes or being phased out, got a huge wake-up call last week. Six months into the new Trump Administration, OFCCP wrangled one of the largest compliance review settlements in years, and one of the largest in […]
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service released a revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, on July 17, 2017. On the surface, the revisions to the new I-9 are minimal: The Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Practices has been renamed the Immigrant and Employee Rights Section; and The words “the end of” have been removed […]
The Transition From “Zero Tolerance” To “Restorative Practices” Begins Now – Are You Ready? On August 1, 2017, the much anticipated changes to the Revised School Code, which significantly impact the manner in which public and private Michigan schools are expected to handle suspensions and expulsions, become effective. In short, school officials are now required […]
You’ve probably read about the proposed merger of the Labor Department’s OFCCP into the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. This has been touted by the White House as a budget trimming step to consolidate overlapping federal agency functions. The theory is that OFCCP and EEOC perform duplicate roles, so they should become one agency. Now, the difficulty […]
Covered entities need to prioritize compliance with the HIPAA privacy and security rules. HHS continues to enter into settlement agreements with covered entities regarding non-compliance. For example, in April 2017, one covered entity paid $31,000 to HHS for failure to have a business associate agreement in place with its records storage vendor. Also in April […]
The American Health Care Act (AHCA) was introduced in the House on March 20 and passed by a vote of 217-213 on May 4, 2017. This article provides comprehensive information on not only the background and history of this effort but what the next steps need to be. More important is the summary of the provisions in the AHCA and how they impact group plans (both fully insured and self-funded). Please read the article for more details.
The American Health Care Act (AHCA) was introduced in the House on March 20 and passed by a vote of 217-213 on May 4, 2017. This article provides comprehensive information on not only the background and history of this effort but what the next steps need to be. More important is the summary of the provisions in the AHCA and how they impact group plans (both fully insured and self-funded). Please read the article for more details. PDF Format.
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