New proposed rules springing from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) would drastically change how companies communicate information about their employer-sponsored benefits. The new guidance would... Read more →
The LBL Group proudly intorduces LIONAlerts, a Facebook page dedicated to updating our clients and employers on the latest changes with PPACA (Health Care Reform), Model Notices, Compliance Updates, State and Local... Read more →
Courtesy of the Department of Health and Human Services, health insurance plans will have a new wrinkle effective August 1, 2012: plans will be required to cover –with no cost-sharing to the employee—certain... Read more →
Businesses that must file EEO-1 reports with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission face a Sept. 30 deadline, the Welter Law Firm advises. Companies that have 100 or more employees or those with federal government... Read more →
After several years that saw pay freezes, layoffs and cuts to benefits, it’s not surprising that employee morale has taken a serious hit. While employers can’t always control economic conditions and are... Read more →
Federal and state governments are revving up the effort against illegal immigration and are increasingly putting businesses in the crosshairs. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently sent notices to... Read more →
Employer Compliance Alert As explained in our August 2010 article, “interim final regulations” issued under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) require that group health plans (other than those that are... Read more →
The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has officially delayed the deadline for plan sponsors to comply with the new fee disclosure requirements for retirement plans (click here to review the proposed... Read more →
Federal regulators have been busy recently with their own version of spring cleaning, announcing tweaks to Medicare notices, health savings account limits and a host of other proposed rules that would affect... Read more →
Last year’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) restricted the ability of employer health plans, including flexible spending arrangements (FSAs) and health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs), to reimburse expenses incurred... Read more →