Compliance

• Keep your internship program productive or fear DOL repercussions

  Employers nationwide will soon be deluged with a flood of summer interns, those bright-eyed and bushy-tailed new office workers ready to make your copies, file your papers, and of course, learn.

• Ask the Auditor: Helpful tips on creating efficient, cost-effective compliance audits

  In an ever-increasing regulatory landscape, SAS 70 audits can result in excessive fees and wasteful man-hours for your organization, but it doesn't have to be that way.

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• Bad facts make bad law

  As they teach in law school, bad facts make bad law. The recent Supreme Court case, LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg & Associates Inc., helps to illustrate this point.

• New 403(b) assistance tool may clear up compliance confusion

  More than three in four plan sponsors want help complying with regulations, a new study from Spectrem Group finds.

• Small businesses speak out on proposed FMLA changes

  The U.S. Small Business Administration is speaking out in response to the Department of Labor's proposed notice of rulemaking on the Family and Medical Leave Act.

• EBSA clarifies regs on wellness programs

  The Employee Benefits Security Administration recently issued a checklist to help employers determine whether their wellness and disease management programs comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

• New FMLA proposal overhauls current law

  The Department of Labor recently published a new proposal to update regulations for the Family and Medical Leave Act.

• Appeals court sides with employer in COBRA ruling

  A former employee of Tyson Foods was not entitled to notification under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act because the plaintiff did not pay his premiums while he was on medical leave, ruled the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

• EEOC issues long-awaited rule on retiree benefits and Medicare

  The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released a final rule that allows employers to revamp retiree health benefits without violating the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

• Don't get caught unaware of fiduciary duties

  Are you a fiduciary of your company's 401(k) plan? This status carries personal liability exposure, yet all too often managers don't realize they are, in fact, fiduciaries. The growing number of employee and class action lawsuits alleging negligent 401 (k) plan governance makes it imperative that you know your roles, responsibilities - and potential liability - that being a fiduciary carries.

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