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All eyes are on Congress as it wrestles with a $1 trillion infrastructure bill and a $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill. The House Ways and Means Committee markup of the reconciliation bill would require certain employers with five or more employees to...
The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), in a series of Qs & As, has stated that the HIPAA Privacy Rules do not prohibit covered entities and business associates from asking whether an individual has received a COVID-19 vaccine. Legal Background. The...
Retirement Industry People Moves - PLANSPONSOR, October 1, 2021
President Biden recently issued a six-pronged action plan that requires vaccines for employees of federal contractors and employers with 100 or more employees, and an executive order requiring all federal employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19. The action plan has...
The U.S. District Court of Montana, in Jergens v. Marias Medical Center, has dismissed an employee’s claim for FMLA violations by her former employer because the employee failed to show that she suffered any “prejudice” from the former employer’s alleged FMLA...
Asset Manager Mergers Can Warrant Fresh Looks From Plan Sponsors - Stephen Wilkes, Bloomberg Law, September 22, 2021
Recently, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) has become highly focused on the cybersecurity practices of plan sponsors and their service providers. Perhaps in response to the growing number of ERISA cyber breach cases [see our June 4, 2020 Law Alert and October 8, 2020...
Recordkeeper Consolidation: Plan Sponsor 30-MinuteSpecial Briefing - Stephen Wilkes, Institutional Investment Consulting free webcast, September 14, 2021 - Click Here for details and registration