Date: Thursday, April 17, 2025 Time: 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PT Cost: Complimentary Presenter: Scott E. Galbreath Join us for an informative session regarding the Department of Labor’s updated Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program, featuring the new Self-Correction Component (SCC). Discover how fiduciary breaches related to late deposits of employee contributions and participant loan repayments, and
Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 Time: 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PT Cost: Complimentary Presenters: Mary Powell and Brian Murray The world has changed dramatically for employer-sponsored health plans in the last few years. Lawsuits have been filed against plan sponsors (in their fiduciary capacity) for various alleged fiduciary breaches, including paying excessive fees to certain
Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2025 Time: 10:00 – 10:45 a.m. Cost: Complimentary Presenter: Mary Powell On January 28, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM CHEMICAL AND SURGICAL MUTILATION.” The Order applies to certain gender transition services for children under the age of 19. It states that the federal government “will
Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2025 Time: 10:00 – 10:45 a.m. Cost: Complimentary Presenters: Mary Powell and Alaina Harwood More and more employers are considering covering GLP-1 drugs when prescribed for weight loss. These employers are attempting to properly balance the near-term financial costs of covering these drugs with the long-term costs of untreated obesity. Due
Date: Thursday, December 12, 2024 Time: 10:00 – 10:45 a.m. PT Cost: Complimentary Presenter: Mary Powell Over the last few years, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) or their vendors have been promoting various savings programs to employers with regard to their prescription drug plans. This includes copay assistance programs, copay accumulators, copay maximizers and non-essential health
Date: Thursday, June 20, 2024 Time: 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PT Cost: Complimentary Presenters: Mary Powell and Alaina Harwood The Supreme Court of the United States in Bostock v. Clayton County found that Title VII protection against employment discrimination on the basis of sex extends to an individual’s gender identity. Although the case was not specifically
Date: May 15, 2024 Time: 10:00 – 11:00 am PT Cost: Complimentary Presenters: Brad Huss, Robert Gower and Yatindra Pandya The Department of Labor has released the “Retirement Security Rule,” the newest chapter in defining who is an investment advice fiduciary under ERISA. When the new Rule takes effect on September 23, 2024, it promises
Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 Time: 10:00 – 11:00 AM PST Cost: Complimentary Presenters: Mary Powell Prescription drug costs keep escalating. What is driving these high costs? Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) are a significant part of the situation. Understanding where PBMs fit into the drug pricing puzzle is a key issue for plan fiduciaries. This
Date: November 14, 2023 Time: 9:00 – 10:00 am PST Cost: Complimentary Presenters: Mary Powell and Alaina Harwood Family-forming benefit plans have grown in popularity among employers. These benefits can be offered in various ways, such as through the expansion of fertility benefits in major medical plans, fertility health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs), adoption assistance plans,
Date: October 31, 2023 Time: 10:00 – 11:00 am PT Cost: Complimentary Presenter: Scott E. Galbreath Section 457 Plans sponsored by tax exempt organizations can be tricky if not designed and operated correctly. However, they don’t have to be scary and when done right they can be a treat for executives of such organizations. This
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