Spoiler alert. We are about to reveal the secret to learning what the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (“EBSA”) will be focused on the next time it investigates your employee benefit plans? Ready? Just ask.
Last week, EBSA announced an overhaul of its national enforcement projects for fiscal year 2026—the most significant EBSA has made
A new law that took effect on January 1st, California Assembly Bill 692 (“AB 692”), significantly limits employers’ ability to require repayment of bonus, training, relocation and other retention-linked incentives upon a worker’s termination of employment. Employers with workers located in California should review and update their forms of offer letters, employment agreements
In most cases, denials of ERISA plan benefits by administrators who have been granted discretionary authority to interpret and apply the plan are reviewed under an abuse of discretion standard, and may only be reversed if the denial was arbitrary and capricious. Such deference, however, is not without limits, and there are circumstances in which
Group health plan sponsors should take note of the February 16, 2026 deadline to update HIPAA Notices of Privacy Practices (“NPPs”) to reflect recent privacy updates for Part 2 records.
What is an NPP and why does it impact employers and other plan sponsors?
HIPAA requires that covered entities, such as group health plans, provide