New York State has officially enacted the Retail Worker Safety Act, a sweeping new law aimed at improving safety for retail employees amid a rise in workplace violence and theft. The law, signed in 2024, applies to retail businesses with 10 or more employees in New York and imposes a series of new safety requirements.
If you haven’t already heard, New York State is tightening enforcement around Disability Benefits Law (DBL) and Paid Family Leave (PFL) compliance—and the penalties for non-compliance are about to get a lot more serious.
Making wellness a cornerstone of your benefits strategy can lengthen employee tenure, reduce turnover and save on human capital costs. Here are five innovative ways to put wellness front and center.
Understand the when, what and why of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fee.
Join us on July 16 from 9:30-10:30AM for OneGroup’s next 101 Series webinar: HR 101. OneGroup’s Nicole Bryant and Brittani O’Connell will discuss the I-9 essentials every employer should know. Break down the core compliance requirements for completing, storing, and re-verifying Form I-9s and learn how to spot and correct common errors before they become costly.
On May 15, 2025, the Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, and the Treasury Department (collectively, the “Agencies”) released a statement regarding the Agencies’ recent request for abeyance of a lawsuit filed by the ERISA Industry Committee (“ERIC”) in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia that challenged certain aspects of Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Ace (MHPAEA) Final Rule (“2024 Final Rule”) relating to nonquantitative treatment limitation caparative analyses (“NQTL analyses”).
As a group health plan sponsor, you must report information on prescription drugs, health care spending, and premiums you and your plan participants pay. Learn about your annual reporting obligations and how your service provider can help.
As healthcare costs continue to rise, more employers are exploring self-funding as a strategic alternative to traditional fully insured health plans. In our recent Self-Funding Health Benefits 101 Webinar, team members from BPAS Health Benefits Consulting and OneGroup’s SVP of Employee Benefits discussed the risks and benefits of Self-Funding Health Benefits. They offered valuable insights from their organizations considering the self-funding approach.
With the 2024 reference year RxDC reporting deadline approaching in June, plan sponsors should re-familiarize themselves with the reporting requirements.
Form 5500 filings verify employee benefits plans’ annual reporting requirements. Documenting thorough and accurate data is critical to ensure compliance and avoid penalties. These details can help.
