HR Newsletter: 5/1/2024
With Employee Benefits & HR topics regularly in the news, it’s difficult to stay up to date. Our weekly newsletter will help you stay current. Check out this week’s edition.
Read MoreBenefits Newsletter 11/26/19
In This Issue: How Common is Out-of-Network Billing? Here are the Top Wellness Benefits Sought by Employees ACA Round-Up: Latest Enrollment Number, New CSR Decision, and More D.C. Circuit Judges Hear Oral Arguments in Association Health Plans Case Medicare Secondary Payer Reporting Required for Prescription Drug Coverage Beginning in 2020 CMS Finalizes Hospital Price Transparency …
Can an Employer Refuse to Hire an Employee Because of the Employee’s Risk of Developing a Disability?
The Seventh Circuit joins the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits in holding that such a refusal would not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act. In Shell v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company, No. 19-1030, the appellate court addressed the certified question “whether the ADA’s regarded-as provision encompasses conduct motivated by the likelihood that an …
HR Newsletter 11/19/19
In This Issue: As the Workplace is Evolving, New Federal Labor Laws May Be On The Horizon Sixth Circuit Confirms Standard for ‘Regarded As’ Discrimination Under the ADA Five USERRA Responsibilities Employers Should Know Regarding Soldiers In The Workplace Can an Employer Refuse to Hire and Employee Because of the Employee’s Risk of Developing a …
CONNECT Act – Telehealth is Here to Stay
With bipartisan bills introduced in both the US House of Representatives and the US Senate on October 30, Congress appears ready to expand access to telehealth benefits for Medicare beneficiaries. The Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act of 2019 (CONNECT Act) may eliminate significant barriers Medicare beneficiaries currently face …
Benefits Newsletter 11/12/19
In This Issue: DOL Updates SBC Templates for Plan Years Beginning After January 1, 2021 Treasury Department and IRS Propose Individual Coverage HRA Affordability Safe Harbors HHS Increases Civil Money Penalties for HIPAA Noncompliance, Effective November 5, 2019 As Congress Works to Curb Surprise Medical Bills, New York’s Fix Gets Examined Can States Fill the …
Bulletin: California Enacts New FSA Notification Requirement
In This Bulletin: California Enacts New FSA Notification Requirement
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