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Employee Benefits Management: Getting the Most Out of Your Benefits Plan

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You might offer a partial match on programs like retirement savings, but other voluntary benefits are relatively inexpensive for the company. When done properly, employee benefits management helps employees, as well as the company. When it comes to benefits, both legal compliance and employee satisfaction are important. Manage benefits cost.

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Plan Must Cover Room, Board for Residential Mental Health Treatment

HR Daily Advisor

filed suit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Department of Labor and other agencies originally issued in 2010 did not address whether this would apply to residential mental health facilities vis-à-vis skilled nursing facilities. Catholic Health Initiatives , No. 16-35609 (9th Cir., June 6, 2018).

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9th Circuit Faults Retiree Plan’s Disclosure of Lifetime Maximum

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However, the court ruled, the plan had failed to disclose this adequately as required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). In 2010, after the ACA was enacted, UPS issued an SMM to reflect the resulting changes being made to the plan terms, effective in the 2011 plan year. The case is King v. 15-55880 (9th Cir.