LBL Resources
Weak Accounts Threaten Workers’ Well-Being
March 19, 2012
High-deductible health care plans with health savings accounts (HSAs) continue to gain steam, but without careful...
Women’s Benefit Issues Take Spotlight
March 17, 2012
When it comes to benefit compliance, it’s not your father’s workforce anymore — it’s your...
Employers Hunt for Ways to Boost Program Payoff
March 15, 2012
Ask the HR directors of companies without a wellness program why the businesses haven’t taken the plunge, and...
Leave Troubles Can Linger for Employers
February 25, 2012
The federal government continues to tweak the rules regarding the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), giving employers...
Insurance, Employment, & Financial Services
Experts: Don’t Rush into Reform Decisions
If one thing can be said about the recent health care reform law, it’s that it has generated a barrage of questions for employers. Will companies drop health care coverage and instead pay the penalty under the... Read more →
Maternity Coverage Issues for California Employers
Employers in California should be aware of two new aspects regarding maternity coverage: First, Mandatory Coverage for Maternity Benefits on Health Insurance Plans: Effective July 1, 2012, all health insurance policies... Read more →
The CLASS Act Has Been Scuttled
Please be advised that The CLASS Act –the “mandatory” federally-subsidized Long-Term Care insurance program that, under Health Care Reform was to take effect sometime before 2014—was today essentially... Read more →
Ready, Set, Enroll: Employer Efforts Can Boost Morale, Compliance
Many employers and benefit managers with calendar-year plans are wading into the thick of enrollment season, filling their time with employee meetings and tracking the sign-ups. Enrollment, however, can be more than... Read more →
The National Labor Relations Act and Its Implications for Employers — Executive Summary
Important Reminder to Clients: NO LATER than November 14, 2011, most employers[1](regardless of size, profit vs. non-profit, etc.) will have to have the new NRLA “Poster” displayed! Based on whether or not there... Read more →
Agencies Punch Out Proposed Rules on Communications, Affordability, HRAs
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 →
PPACA HHS Updates Women’s Preventive Services
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 →
Health Care Reform: Tweaked Rules, Court Ruling Cast More Doubt on Impact of PPACA
The federal government continued to rework regulations stemming from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in June amid a key court ruling and a wave of studies that tried to forecast how employers will... Read more →
Revised Again: More Changes to ACA-Required Internal and External Review Procedures
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 →
Spring Brings Bloom of Proposed Rules
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 →