Benefits Newsletter: 4/25/2024
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 MoreSupreme Court Likely To Resolve LGBTQ Title VII Coverage
The United States Supreme Court has indicated that it will finally settle the circuit-splitting issue of whether gay and transgender status falls under the protection of Title VII. The court signaled this when it agreed recently to hear three cases that have been appealed to the high court. The three cases are: Altitude Express v. …
District Court Finds Undocumented Immigrant Status Insufficient Basis to Rescind Coverage on Material Misrepresentation Grounds
A federal trial court has ordered a self-insured health plan to pay more than $760,000 in benefits to a hospital that provided care to a plan participant before his death. During treatment for a severe illness, it was discovered that the participant was an undocumented immigrant and had enrolled in the plan using a false …
What Am I Doing Wrong?? Common FMLA Mistakes
“What did I do wrong?” and “Am I doing this correctly” are frequent questions from clients regarding FMLA administration. Not taking into account the interplay of the federal FMLA and “state FMLA” laws. This post takes on a bit of a different twist by expanding beyond the federal FMLA. A common mistake employers can make …
CMS Announces HIPAA Compliance Review Program
The CMS Division of National Standards, on behalf of HHS, is launching the Compliance Review Program to ensure compliance among covered entities with HIPAA Administrative Simplification rules for electronic health care transactions. In April 2019, HHS will randomly select 9 HIPAA-covered entities—a mix of health plans and clearinghouses—for Compliance Reviews. Any health plan or clearinghouse—not …
EEOC Files Plan to Require EEO-1 Compensation Data Reporting by September 30, 2019
In an April 3, 2019 filing in the federal district court that had ordered reinstatement of EEO-1 pay data reporting requirements, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) explained its inability to comply with the court’s ruling on its present timeline, stating that it would be able to comply on an extended time frame. Specifically, the …
Court Invalidates New Association Health Plan Rule
On March 28, 2019, a judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled against the Department of Labor (DOL) by invalidating critical aspects of the new association health plan rule (the Rule). In its decision, the Court found the Rule to be an unreasonable interpretation of the Employee Retirement Income …
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