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In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re turning our attention to the science of wellbeing through the lens of positive psychology.

This session provides valuable insights into the importance of having a legally sound will, properly designating beneficiaries, and strategies to avoid probate complications.

In this guide, we’ll look at the best strategy for a successful upgrade that empowers your HR team and supports your company’s strategic mission.

Maybe. Under the ACA’s employer mandate, which applies to employers with 50 or more employees in the prior calendar year, there is no general exception for interns for medical coverage. All hours of service for which an intern is paid are required to be counted as hours of service. Therefore, interns’ hours of service must be counted when determining if the employer is responsible for offering coverage to the interns, or the employer risks paying a penalty under the employer mandate.   In

On May 1, 2025, the IRS released Revenue Procedure 2025-19, which provides the 2026 inflation-adjusted limits for HSAs and HSA-qualifying HDHPs. According to the revenue procedure, the 2026 annual HSA contribution limit will increase to $4,400 for individuals with self-only HDHP coverage (up $100 from 2025) and to $8,750 for individuals with anything other than self-only HDHP coverage (family or self + one, self + child(ren), or self + spouse/domestic partner coverage), an increase of $200 from

On April 17, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously held in Cunningham v. Cornell University that ERISA plan participants alleging a fiduciary breach need only plead that a prohibited transaction occurred. The burden then shifts to plan fiduciaries to assert and prove that an exemption applies. The decision, which resolved a split among the federal circuit courts regarding the proper pleading in ERISA litigation, makes it easier for participants to bring prohibited transaction

On April 18, 2025, a district court in Washington state held that a health insurer’s categorical exclusion of coverage for mastectomies for transgender youth discriminated on the basis of sex in violation of Section 1557 of the ACA. The case involved a pair of parents who sued the insurer, Premera Blue Cross, after it denied coverage for the dependents’ mastectomies and reconstructive surgeries. Specifically, the plaintiffs claimed that Premera’s categorical exclusion of mastectomies for transg

On April 21, 2025, in Mejia v. Credence Mgmt. Solutions, a federal court in the Central District of California denied the defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings. The court determined that the plaintiff had grounds to bring this suit due to allegations that the defendants had a fiduciary duty to their health plan to negotiate provider rates, and they violated that duty.  The plaintiff is an employee of the defendants and participated in the company healthcare plan that the defenda

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