‘Benefit Plan Compliance: Would your Plans Survive an Agency Audit?’ Webinar

This Webinar was presented on March 15th, 2012.

In this webinar, we started with a brief highlight of current health reform issues, including the latest regulations on the Uniform Summary of Benefits and Coverage as well as recent guidance on preventive care requirements as they relate to religiously-affiliated employers.

Presented by Stacy Barrow from the Boston office of Proskauer Rose.

We also discussed:

• The impact of the Supreme Court’s decision in CIGNA v. Amara on plan documents and summary plan descriptions.
• Plan documentation requirementses and Form 5500 reporting obligations.
• Brief overview of audit issues related to HIPAA’s Portability, Privacy, and Security rules.
• Cafeteria plans as well as wellness plan issues, particularly the impact of the recent Seff v. Broward County case in Florida.

‘Social Networking: An Employers Primer on their Legal Ramifications’ Webinar

This Webinar was presented on February 16th 2012. We covered topics that affect your company and your employees in the world of social media. Copies of this webinar are not be available for download.

Presented by Joseph Bartoulis from the law firm of Fletcher Tilton.

Not only is social media used by individuals to interact on personal matters, they are also used by employees as a means to network. Likewise, many companies use social media to keep in touch with their customers and to promote their products. Given the breadth of uses for social media, it is no surprise that there are several legal implications that arise from the use of social media. This webinar will focus on the labor and employment law implications of social media.
Listeners also learned….

• Why every company needs a social media use policy.
• What every social media policy needs to contain.
• The risks of accessing social media to make hiring decisions.
• How to deal with disparaging statements by employees on social media.
• The legal ramifications of “friending” between superiors and subordinates.
• Protecting trade secret from being disclosed.
• and more.

‘Health Care Reform and Your Business’ Webinar

What are the impacts you experienced and what can you expect?
Webinar presented on January 31, 2012 download a copy of the slide deck Covering topics that will affect you in 2012: Compliance and Legislative Changes Judicial Challenges  Upcoming Mandates: Uniform Summary of Benefits 60-day Advanced Notice Rule W-2 Reporting Requirement Changes to Health FSA Revised Medical Loss Ratio Rules And More…