Adrift in an Ocean of Health & Welfare Plan Compliance? How to Survive!

David Guadagnoli presented "Adrift in an Ocean of Health & Welfare Plan Compliance?" at a program sponsored by the New England Employee Benefits Council. The half-day session was designed for employers and consultants to learn more about the laws that apply to and affect health and welfare benefits.

The program was divided into three parts:

• An overview of the currently applicable nondiscrimination testing requirements that apply to many existing welfare benefit arrangements (including a cafeteria plan operational primer)
  
  
• A deep dive into the ever-growing list of welfare benefit related notices required under an alphabet soup of federal laws, including COBRA, HIPAA and the ACA
  
  
• Our speakers addressed a range of relevant hot topics, including the interaction of various leave statutes and benefits (including FMLA and USERRA), filing issues and wellness developments