Employers and health care plan sponsors could be on a compliance
hotplate if they fail to follow changes to federal and state
regulations. Ongoing legislative activity ensures you will have plenty
to add to your already heaping plate of health BENEFITS AND EMPLOYMENT
LAW REQUIREMENTS. Join us to receive the latest employee benefits
compliance updates. Learn what’s happening (right now), what’s
changing, and what’s expected for 2020.
WHAT’S HAPPENING?
IRS enforcement – Employer’s liability risks are heating up. The
IRS is not playing when it comes to its unprecedented enforcement of
the Affordable Care Act’s “Pay or Play” mandate. Additionally,
double-digit increases in FMLA and ADA lawsuits reveal a troubling
trend in which employers fail to follow defined processes.
• Unprecedented barrage of IRS enforcement activity on information
reporting requirements
• What “one and done” appeal on reporting issues means and why
it is so critical to get it right
• How to respond if you receive IRS Letter 226-J notification of
potential non-compliance
• What you can do to avoid receiving Letter 226-J
• FMLA/ADA cases and how to avoid “bad faith” judgments
WHAT’S CHANGING?
ACA and other legislative provisions – The New Year continues the
ACA’s pattern of numerous changes. Two days after going live on
January 1, Washington’s Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML)
produced a flood of 75,000 claims. Obtain the specifics on these and
other legislative changes.
• Ensuring your plans are affordable under the ACA in 2020
• How to avoid costly mental health and substance abuse penalties
• The dramatic increase in DOL Opinion letters on FMLA/FLSA
compliance and what it means
• Contrasting requirements for Washington PFML and the upcoming
Oregon PFML regulations
• The critical FMLA/ADA implications for Washington and Oregon
cannabis legislation
WHAT TO EXPECT IN 2020
Employer reporting for state individual mandates – Several states
with individual health insurance mandates will require employer
reporting. Do you know which states require reporting and how it
affects your health plan? Obtain the most up-to-date checklist at
HUB’s 2020 Legal Update.
Multiple health benefits-related bills – D.C. continues to serve up
bills to change health benefits requirements while states crank out
new employment bills. See what else is brewing in D.C. and in the
Northwest in the swirling changes in employee benefits and employment
compliance.
SPEAKERS:
Liliana Salazar – Chief Compliance Officer – Pacific Region, HUB
International
David F. Setzkorn – Vice President, West Regional Leader, Absence
and Workforce Productivity – HUB International
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06/03/2020 Last update