Susie Bilbro and Doug Dahl Discuss Employer-Sponsored Student Loan Repayment Benefits

By Susie Bilbro & Doug Dahl on December 6, 2018

On November 29, we participated in a webinar sponsored by Bright Horizons about employer-sponsored student loan repayment benefits. In order to help employees faced with mounting student debt, employers are offering creative solutions that help attract and retain workers. Earlier this year, healthcare company Abbott announced a program in which the company will contribute 5% of employees’ pay to their 401(k) as long as the employee pays at least 2% of his/her salary toward student…

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Action Needed by Certain ERISA Plans – New Disability Claims Procedures Apply Beginning April 2018

By Susie Bilbro on March 8, 2018

In January 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that final regulations affecting how some ERISA plans process claims and appeals will apply beginning April 1, 2018. As explained below, the final regulations require that plans, plan fiduciaries, and insurance providers comply with additional procedural requirements when deciding claims involving disability determinations, which can impact a variety of different types of plans, including pension and non-qualified plans. The final regulations were initially released in…

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Is Genetic Testing the Future of Employee Wellness Programs?

By Susie Bilbro on October 2, 2017

Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Susie Bilbro authored an article for BenefitsPRO discussing the future of genetic testing in employee wellness programs following the latest updates from the Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act, introduced in the House of Representatives (H.R. 1313) in March 2017. The bill would allow employers to ask employee’s family medical history and request genetic information as part of wellness programs. While the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Genetic Information…

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Open Enrollment Considerations for Plan Sponsors

By Susie Bilbro on August 1, 2017

In an article published by HR Professionals, Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Susie Bilbro provided insight on aspects plan sponsors should consider as they prepare for the 2018 open enrollment process. Among the key questions Susie suggests sponsors to ask themselves in the upcoming months are:…

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ACA Section 1557 – October Nondiscrimination Notices Loom Near

By Susie Bilbro & Doug Dahl on October 10, 2016

Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) prohibits any health program or activity that receives federal funding (currently limited to federal funding from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)) from discriminating against an individual on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability. Notably, HHS has described Section 1557 as the first civil rights law banning discrimination on the basis of sex in the provision of…

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Susie Bilbro and Doug Dahl Discuss Employer-Sponsored Student Loan Repayment Benefits

Action Needed by Certain ERISA Plans – New Disability Claims Procedures Apply Beginning April 2018

Is Genetic Testing the Future of Employee Wellness Programs?

Open Enrollment Considerations for Plan Sponsors

ACA Section 1557 – October Nondiscrimination Notices Loom Near

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