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Funding Employer-Sponsored Group Health Coverage: The Group Captive Solution

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

The enactment of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 led to a sharp increase in employers self-funding their group health insurance plans, with the market tripling in size in the decade that followed.

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How can employers support employees with dementia?

Employee Benefits

Employers are legally required to make reasonable workplace adjustments where possible for employees impacted by dementia to the point that it satisfies the disability definition. Employers should offer training for managers and staff on how to support someone with dementia in the workplace.

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Deborah Warren: Supporting employees’ mental health in the workplace

Employee Benefits

Employers have not only recognised the importance of employee wellbeing and mental health, but have begun to put it at the top of their people priorities list. This extends to mental health and taking reasonable steps to prevent and manage work-related stress. Clear policies and adequate training are a must.

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Paula Kathrens: How can employers support staff with the menopause?

Employee Benefits

The government’s announcement in January this year that menopause would not become a new protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 was very disappointing for those who had campaigned for change. Extensive health and safety legislation, including the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, is also relevant.

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Are Workers’ Compensation benefits protected against the rising cost of living?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Over time, savings may be depleted, debts incurred, and their health and welfare diminished—furthering the burden of their original work-related injuries. No COLA was payable in January 2010, January 2011, or in January 2016. Social Security payments always reflect the benefits due for the preceding month.)

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A better focus on workplace wellbeing could add around £1 billion to UK economy, report claims

Workplace Insight

Enhancing support for individuals with health conditions to remain in employment could lead to significant economic benefits for the United Kingdom, according to a new report from the Commission for Healthier Working Lives. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has highlighted a concerning increase in work-related ill health.

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Proposed Rules Expand Access to Contraceptive Care as a Preventive Service

Snell & Wilmer Benefits

On January 30, 2023, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury, and Labor (collectively “the Departments”) issued proposed rules entitled “ Coverage of Certain Preventive Services under the Affordable Care Act ” (the “Proposed Rules”). Jackson Women’s Health Organization.