HR Benefits

Benefits are a form of compensation paid by employers to employees over and above the amount of pay specified as a base salary or hourly rate of pay. Benefits are a portion of a total compensation package for employees. Employee benefits are designed to provide security to you and your family, and to improve your quality of life. This is FindLaw's collection of HR Benefits articles, part of the Human Resources section of the Corporate Counsel Center. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.

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Final Rule Issued Requires Parity for Mental Health Care Benefits

On November 8, 2013, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury jointly issued a final rule to increase parity between mental health and substance use disorder benefits and medical and surgical benefits in group and ...

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Do For Profit Corporations Have Religious Rights?

Do for profit corporations have religious rights? The answer to this question depends on what jurisdiction you are in. But perhaps not for long, as two petitions are currently pending at the U.S. Supreme Court, with responses due on October 21 ...

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DOL Issues Guidance on Same-Sex Marriages and Employee Benefit Plans

On September 18, 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor issued guidance interpreting the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Windsor, which was decided on June 26, 2013. In Windsor, the Court struck down provisions of the Defense of ...

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A Primer on the Affordable Care Act's "Employer Mandate"

The so-called "employer mandate", was enacted as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Act), and although commonly referred to as a "mandate," it is officially called the "shared employer responsibility'" in the Act. Essentially ...

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Contraceptive Coverage Provision of Health Care Law Takes Effect

On January 1, 2013, the much talked about "contraceptive mandate" goes into effect, requiring non-exempted group health plans to provide coverage for women's preventative health services, including contraceptive methods. Specifically, under section ...

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Managing Employee Benefits

Contributors to the research and text were Sandy Taube, director, Employee Benefits Communications Services; Nora O'Connor, associate consultant, Coopers and Lybrand; and Jesse R. Slome, ChFC & CLU, pension manager, Aetna Life and Casualty Company ...

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Pension and Welfare Brief: Can the Retiree Health Benefits Provided by Your Employer Be Cut?

Providing for health care is an important part of retirement. Some employees are fortunate: they belong to employer-provided health care plans that carry over to retirement. However, an important question arises for employees and retirees: How ...

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IRA & Retirement Plans Update

p> Many people save for their retirement through tax-deferred arrangements such as employer-sponsored retirement plans (a pension or profit sharing plan, for example) or Individual Retirement Arrangements ("IRAs"). A Tax-deferred arrangement means ...

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New Final Cobra Regulations

The Treasury Department published new, final COBRA regulations on February 3, 1999. The final regulations replace previously proposed COBRA regulations published in 1987. The final regulations are in the same "question and answer" format as the 1987 ...

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The E Visa Option for Foreign-Owned Employers

Foreign-owned companies doing business in the United States may benefit from the E visa category reserved for trade and investment. This category provides flexibility and green card convertibility for foreign executives and managers. As well, it ...

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