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Callan G. Carter; Fisher & Phillips LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 1, 2012, previously published on May 2012 As you may recall, the HITECH Act required Health and Human Services (HHS), the federal agency in charge of administering HIPAA, to affirmatively conduct periodic audits to ensure that covered entities and business associates are complying with HIPAA's privacy and security rules. Before HITECH, HHS...
| | Guidance On MLR Rebates For Insured Plans
Callan G. Carter; Fisher & Phillips LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 1, 2012, previously published on May 2012 One of the provisions in the recent healthcare reform law is the medical loss ratio (MLR) that requires insurance companies to spend a certain proportion of their income on healthcare benefits for their customers. If an insurance company does not meet its MLR standard, it is required to issue a...
| | Globalizing in China in 2012
Alice S. Wang; Fisher & Phillips LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 2, 2012, previously published on February 24, 2012 As the world embarks into the Year of the Dragon, China is making every effort to draw in more and more international business to add to its already skyrocketing economy. China’s current Labor Law is expected to be amended in 2012. The issue is to what degree and to what effect the 2012...
| | Political Activities By Non-Profit Educational Institutions
Alice S. Wang; Fisher & Phillips LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 5, 2012, previously published on January 2012 The 2012 election season is upon us. There will be hotly-debated contests throughout the nation, culminating in national and local contests this fall.
| | The Impact Of New York's Marriage Equality Act On Employee Benefits Plans
Callan G. Carter; Fisher & Phillips LLP;
Legal Alert/Article November 3, 2011, previously published on November 2011 This past summer, New York passed its Marriage Equality Act, which generally provides that same-sex couples can legally marry in New York, and that same-sex married couples are to be treated the same as opposite-sex married couples under New York laws. We're reporting on it here because many...
| | Employee Or Independent Contractor: One Way Of Thinking It Through
John D. McLachlan; Fisher & Phillips LLP;
Legal Alert/Article November 3, 2011, previously published on November 2011 Deciding whether an individual is an employee or independent contractor is becoming an ever more important question. Employers should carefully scrutinize each and every independent contractor relationship which exists within the business before the Labor Department, the IRS, or a state agency does...
| | Not As Bad As We Feared: NLRB Issues Guidance On Social Media
John D. McLachlan; Fisher & Phillips LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 9, 2011, previously published on September 2011 Earlier this year there was deep concern in the employer community because the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a complaint against an employer who disciplined an employee for highly derogatory comments she made about a supervisor on her Facebook page. Questions about whether an...
| | How Much Is Too Much?
John D. McLachlan; Fisher & Phillips LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 9, 2011, previously published on September 2011 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit recently issued a decision that has significant ramifications for employers making use of the tip-credit provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The decision mandates that employers who use the FLSA tip credit provisions to pay tipped...
| | Change To Medicare Part D Enrollment Period Impacts Notices Of Coverage
Callan G. Carter; Fisher & Phillips LLP;
Legal Alert/Article August 8, 2011, previously published on August 2011 The annual Medicare Part D enrollment period has been moved to October 15 through December 7, beginning with enrollment for 2012. This change will require plan sponsors to update their Medicare Part D Notices of Creditable or Non-creditable Coverage and most likely will require plan sponsors to...
| | Filing Due Date Extended For Form 8955-SSA
Callan G. Carter; Fisher & Phillips LLP;
Legal Alert/Article August 8, 2011, previously published on August 2011 Many of you who are familiar with the Form 5500 will remember the Schedule SSA. The Schedule SSA was formerly part of the annual Form 5500, used to notify the Social Security Administration about separated plan participants who retain vested benefits in a pension or retirement plan. Ideally, when a...
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