For employers of all sizes, staying informed about the latest wrinkles in health & welfare benefits plan compliance can be a challenge.
That’s why Lockton offers a regular cadence of free webcasts, in which our compliance experts weigh in on a range of pressing issues that affect plan sponsors.
Whether you’re a Lockton client or not, we encourage you to attend the upcoming Spring 2025 Client Advisory Seminar Series, hosted by Lockton's Compliance Consulting team. This series of one-hour webcasts provides practical advice on a variety of issues that include HIPAA privacy, best practices for successful wellness programs, and how federal, state and local leave laws can impact benefit continuation.
Read on to learn more and feel free to register for one, two or all three webcasts:
Leave laws and benefits: how to navigate them both
2-3 p.m. CT on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025
Speakers: Rory Akers, JD and Paula Day, JD
As leave laws continue to evolve at the federal, state and local level, navigating through this maze can be a daunting task for employers. Not only must employers ensure an employee is afforded the protections of the most generous applicable leave law, but they must also factor in the impact of the leave law on benefit continuation. In this HR and ERISA compliance crossover webcast, we will examine:
How federal, state and local leave laws affect employer responsibilities during an employee’s leave
How to determine if benefits should continue during leave and for how long
The importance of ensuring benefit continuation eligibility is appropriately reflected in benefit plan documents
The importance of HR policies outlining leave and benefits options
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Healthy employees, compliant wellness programs: Best practices for success
2-3 p.m. CT on Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Speakers: Laura Bibb, JD, Joel Cochran, JD and Caitlin Kennally
With medical and pharmacy cost trends at historically high levels, employers are increasingly looking for ways to manage plan costs. An effective wellness program strategy is one tool that can help employers address this challenge by prioritizing prevention and a supportive culture which can lead to better managed costs, a healthier workforce, and increased productivity. To ensure a winning workplace strategy, any such program must comply with a myriad of employee benefit laws. Recent class action lawsuits targeting wellness programs highlight the importance of a compliant program. In this webcast, we will cover:
An overview of wellness programs to help plan sponsors manage costs
A brief history of the current regulatory landscape and potential future rules
A road map to navigate the dangerous intersections of wellness programs and applicable employee benefits laws
Current trends and topics, including recent litigation surrounding wellness programs
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HIPAA privacy: The basics and evolution of protecting health information
2-3 p.m. CT on Thursday, April 10, 2025
Speakers: Ruhe Wadud, JD and Ethan McWilliams, MBA
Join us for our annual training on the ever-changing area of HIPAA privacy and security, benefiting self-insured healthcare plan sponsors and fully insured sponsors that play an active role in handling their plans’ protected information. Our discussion will include:
An overview of HIPAA privacy and security rules, and how they apply to employer healthcare plans
A dive into the 2024 HIPAA Final Rule to support reproductive privacy and actions employers must take to ensure compliance
An early outlook into how recently proposed measures to strengthen cybersecurity protocols under HIPAA might require significant action from employers
Review of the HIPAA enforcement environment, including case studies of recently publicized HIPAA breaches and penalties for noncompliance
