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6 Dec 2016, 11:28 am by Steven Boutwell
On June 3, 2012, a fire erupted on an offshore oil production platform causing two individuals to jump into the Gulf of Mexico for their own safety. [read post]
21 Nov 2016, 5:56 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  While federal tax rules afford some evidentiary privileges to certain accounting professionals when providing tax representation or advice, the protective scope of such privileges generally are more limited than attorney-client privilege and work product evidentiary privileges and typically do not apply to non-tax matters. [read post]
19 Oct 2016, 1:04 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
ERISA Civil Penalties For Employers, Fiduciaries & Plan Administrators Rose August 1 Employer and other employee benefit plan sponsors, fiduciaries and administrators required by the Department of Labor Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA) to pay a civil monetary penalty for a post-November 2, 2015 violation of the employee benefit related obligations of the  Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) should expect to pay more if EBSA assesses the penalty after… [read post]
1 Jul 2016, 12:23 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer works closely with employer and other plan sponsors, insurance and financial services companies, plan fiduciaries, administrators, and vendors and others to design, administer and defend effective legally defensible employee benefits and compensation practices, programs, products and technology. [read post]
23 Jun 2016, 10:21 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (DOL) announcement of the Foothill settlement, DOL investigators determined that Foothill, a packing and labeling company, violated the H-2 visa program by terminating 18 workers, who were U.S. citizens, that Foothill claimed failed to meet production standards when the investigation found that many of the terminated workers consistently exceeded the production of many of the foreign workers Foothill continued to employ to the… [read post]
31 May 2016, 4:05 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Self-insured employer or union sponsored health plans (Plans), their fiduciaries, third party administrative or other service providers, and sponsors should consult legal counsel for advice about whether their Plans might violate the Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) by disclosing individually identifiable claims or other Plan records or data to a state “all payer” claims or other data base in response to a state law or regulation mandating… [read post]
6 May 2016, 11:45 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer works closely with employer and other plan sponsors, insurance and financial services companies, plan fiduciaries, administrators, and vendors and others to design, administer and defend effective legally defensible employee benefits and compensation practices, programs, p [read post]
27 Apr 2016, 9:01 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employer and other group health plan sponsors, fiduciaries and administrators and  individual and group health insurers should confirm their plan documents and practices comply with new additional guidance on when the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) preventive care mandates set forth in Public Health Services (PHS) Act section 2713, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) require non-grandfathered group health plans to cover… [read post]
27 Apr 2016, 9:01 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employer and other group health plan sponsors, fiduciaries and administrators and  individual and group health insurers should confirm their plan documents and practices comply with new additional guidance on when the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) preventive care mandates set forth in Public Health Services (PHS) Act section 2713, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) require non-grandfathered group health plans to cover… [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 10:07 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health Plans, Sponsors & Business Associates Should Verify Plan’s HIPAA Compliance Employers and other health plan sponsors and the health plan fiduciaries and business associates providing services involving dealings on behalf of the plan with protected health information just received another reminder to confirm and be prepared to prove all required business associate agreements are in place and that the health plans otherwise properly are administering all policies, practices,… [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 10:07 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health Plans, Sponsors & Business Associates Should Verify Plan’s HIPAA Compliance Employers and other health plan sponsors and the health plan fiduciaries and business associates providing services involving dealings on behalf of the plan with protected health information just received another reminder to confirm and be prepared to prove all required business associate agreements are in place and that the health plans otherwise properly are administering all policies, practices,… [read post]
12 Apr 2016, 3:50 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
    Subject to this cautionary proviso, the following are some of the activities that the Rule identifies as activities that might fall outside the Rule’s covered investment activities in the manner required by the Rule: “Education” as defined and provided in accordance with the Rule; “General communications that a reasonable person would not view as an investment recommendation;” Simply making available a platform of investment alternatives without… [read post]
12 Apr 2016, 3:50 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
    Subject to this cautionary proviso, the following are some of the activities that the Rule identifies as activities that might fall outside the Rule’s covered investment activities in the manner required by the Rule: “Education” as defined and provided in accordance with the Rule; “General communications that a reasonable person would not view as an investment recommendation;” Simply making available a platform of investment alternatives without… [read post]
11 Apr 2016, 10:15 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer uses her deep and highly specialized knowledge and experience to help employers and other employee benefit plan sponsors; health, pension and other employee benefit plans, their fiduciaries, administrators and service providers, insurers, and others design legally compliant, effective compensation, health and other welfare benefit and insurance, severance, pension and deferred compensation, private exchanges, cafeteria plan and other employee benefit, fringe benefit, salary and hourly… [read post]
11 Apr 2016, 10:15 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer works closely with employer and other plan sponsors, insurance and financial services companies, plan fiduciaries, administrators, and [read post]
30 Mar 2016, 10:08 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
By Cynthia Marcotte Stamer Childcare providers, employers sponsoring programs that reimburse childcare expenses and American workers and families can expect increases in childcare costs and possible loss or disruption of childcare providers in response to efforts by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to increase regulation, oversight and enforcement against childcare providers when implementing the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 (CCDBG). [read post]
30 Mar 2016, 10:08 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
By Cynthia Marcotte Stamer Childcare providers, employers sponsoring programs that reimburse childcare expenses and American workers and families can expect increases in childcare costs and possible loss or disruption of childcare providers in response to efforts by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to increase regulation, oversight and enforcement against childcare providers when implementing the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 (CCDBG). [read post]
28 Mar 2016, 2:15 am by Cookson Beecher
Department of Agriculture recently awarded a $500,000 grant to Intralytix Inc. to develop a phage cocktail that will be effective against the pathogens that kill larval shellfish. [read post]