Compliance Services
Compliance Services
Helping you comply with benefits-related laws and regulations.
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Complying with state and federal employee benefits laws and regulations can be daunting. That’s where the Lockton Compliance Services team comes in. We are here to help employers keep up with the rules' complexities—and the risks and consequences of noncompliance.
Lockton Compliance Services provides valuable, prompt and matter-of-fact compliance assistance to clients through direct contact with our compliance attorneys, publications, email alerts, webinars, seminars, and more.
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New surprise billing rules require much of healthcare plans and their claim payers
Plan sponsors should negotiate those requirements now Executive summary Federal regulators have issued the first in a series of regulatory packages addressing transparency-related requirements under last year’s Consolidated Appropriations Act. The ne …
Dependent care benefits - IRS Addresses extended carryovers
IRS addresses how extended carryovers and increased benefit limit will work Due to the 2020 pandemic restrictions, many employees who participated in their employers’ dependent care spending accounts (DCAPs1 ) could not use the pretax amounts that th …
Upcoming key compliance deadlines and reminders for third quarter 2021
With the deluge of federal guidance recently related to the COVID-19 “outbreak period” and, among other things, new federal COBRA subsidies under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), it’s easy to let the run-of-the-mill reporting and disclosure respo …
Biden administration delivers new proposed rules on ACA’s Section 1557 nondiscrimination p …
Just last week, the Department of Health and Human Services – Office of Civil Rights (HHS-OCR) issued much-anticipated proposed rules revising the ACA’s Section 1557 nondiscrimination regulations. The proposed rules affirm and expand protections aga …
Delaware is the latest state to fund paid leave benefits for employees through the Healthy …
In May 2022, the Healthy Delaware Families Act (HDFA or the Act) was signed into law. The HDFA is designed to offer paid leave benefits to employees starting in 2026. This new benefit is funded through employee payroll deductions set to begin in Janu …
SCOTUS weighs in on abortion rights: What does the Supreme Court opinion mean for employer …
The Supreme Court of the United States today issued its opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey: "We therefore hold that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion. R …