The Affordable Care Act requires health insurers to report information about their medical loss ratio to the Department of Health and Human Services each year. The medical loss ratio (MLR) is the cost of claims plus the amount expended on health care quality...
A Salt Lake City-based grocery store chain will pay $832,500 to resolve a group of disability discrimination charges filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC’s investigation revealed a qualified individual with a disability...
Following the issuance of a general counsel memo approving common handbook provisions, employers may expect the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to subject their employee handbooks to less scrutiny than in recent years. The memo outlined three categories of...
Employers are increasingly dropping pre-employment drug screening for marijuana. While still in its early stages, the shift away from marijuana testing appears likely to accelerate as more states legalize cannabis use. Recreational marijuana use is legal in nine...
The Affordable Care Act imposes a fee on issuers of specified health insurance policies and plan sponsors of applicable self-insured health plans to help fund the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. The fee, required to be reported once a year on the second...
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) finalized and published in the Federal Register a final rule titled Definition of “Employer” under Section 3(5) of ERISA–Association Health Plans. This rule is overseen by the DOL’s Employee Benefits Security...
