Webinars & Seminars
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UPCOMING EVENT: Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 – 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT
UBA Employer Series: Mastering the New Retirement Plan Fee Disclosure Rules Deadlines for the new 401(k) and 403(b) plan fee disclosure requirements are upon us. After months of delays, employers now must comply with these rules or risk violating their fiduciary duties, thereby exposing themselves to personal liability. What are businesses doing to evaluate their practices and maintain compliance with these new regulations? Who is responsible for preparing and distributing these disclosures? Join us for a 90-minute webinar in which we’ll address these and other questions. For details please click the link above. >>>Download a copy of the presentation
PAST EVENT: Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011 – 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT
UBA Employer Series: Health Savings Accounts: Employers Rights and Responsibilities In this webinar, we’ll examine the advantages and disadvantages of an HSA/HDHP combination. For details please click the link above. >>>Download a copy of the presentation
PAST EVENT: Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011 – 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT
UBA Employer Series: The Latest on Wellness Programs In this webinar, we’ll summarize those constraints and offer concrete examples of steps employers have taken to raise the participation levels in their wellness programs. We’ll also look at some of the wellness-oriented provisions of last year’s health care reform legislation. For details please click the link above. >>>Download a copy of the presentation
PAST EVENT: Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011 – 2 p.m. ET
UBA Employer Series: Best Practices for 401 (K) Plan Sponsors . Many 401(k) plan sponsors can sometimes feel beset on all sides. Government regulators can initiate random audits — triggering weeks, months, or even years under the microscope of Uncle Sam’s chief tax collector (the IRS) or his ERISA enforcer (the DOL). The smallest mistake uncovered during such an audit can cost the sponsor a small fortune. For details please click the link above. >>>Download a copy of the presentation
PAST EVENT: Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011 – 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT
UBA Employer Series: NLRA: How Rules Now Extend to Both Nonunion and Union Employers This webinar is designed to sensitize nonunion (and union) employers to the coverage of the NLRA, discuss the enforcement priorities of the NLRB and examine what every employer needs to review to ensure their employee handbook is in compliance with the NLRA policies. For details please click the link above. >>>Download a copy of the presentation
PAST EVENT: Tuesday, August 9, 2011 – 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT
UBA Employer Series: Interaction Between Medicare and Employer Health Plans In this webinar, we will address the Medicare Secondary Payor rules, the guidelines for notifying Medicare-eligible participants of the plan’s creditable coverage status, and other interactions between the Medicare program and employer health plans. For details please click the link above. >>>Download a copy of the presentation
PAST EVENT: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 – 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT
UBA Employer Series: “Wrap” Documents for Welfare Plans In this webinar, we will review how plan sponsors can use one or more “wrap” documents to both (i) satisfy the “written plan document” requirement for their welfare benefit plans, and (ii) reduce the number of Form 5500 annual reports they must prepare and file each year. We will also discuss how existing insurance certificates, plan summaries, and benefit descriptions can be “wrapped” with the information they need to qualify as an SPD under ERISA. For details please click the link above. >>>Download a copy of the presentation
PAST EVENT: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 – 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT
UBA Employer Series: HIPAA / HITECH Refresher This webinar will consist of an overview of general HIPAA Privacy and Security rules, focusing on what has changed since enactment of the HITECH Act. Specifically, the webinar will address the roles and responsibilities of plan sponsors, insurance carriers and business associates, and will also include a discussion of the new breach notification rules, the expanded application of civil and criminal penalties and new rules governing electronic health records. For details please click the link above. >>>Download a copy of the presentation
PAST EVENT: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 – 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT
UBA Employer Series: The Final ADAAA Regulations and Their Impact on Employer Practices This webinar will provide an explanation of the final regulations, as well as practical compliance pointers to help employers prepare for increases in accommodation requests and disability discrimination claims. For details please click the link above. >>>Download a copy of the presentation
PAST EVENT: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 – 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT
UBA Employer Series: Employer Issues in the Wake of Healthcare Reform This special presentation will offer unique insight into the law and reveal new developments in the health care reform debate emerging from Washington. With imminent legislative challenges — both national and state — and a variety of provisions still lacking guidance, employers can expect to see even more changes in the coming months and years. These legal and administrative developments will have a direct impact on employers’ benefit plans and business strategies, so it is vital to keep a close eye on PPACA. For details please click the link above. >>>Download a copy of the presentation
PAST EVENT: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 – 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT
UBA Employer Series: Managing Fidicuary Risk Under ERISA In this webinar, will give you a greater understanding of the laws governing ERISA fiduciaries and how to minimize fiduciary liability, ways to protect yourself as a plan sponsor and steps that will help you identify potential problem areas. This session will serve as excellent fiduciary “training” for individuals who serve as trustees, members of administrative committees and plan administrators. For details please click the link above. >>>Download a copy of the presentation
PAST EVENT: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 – 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT
UBA Employer Series: Tax Implications of Dependent Coverage After Health Care Reform
In this webinar, we’ll provide a brief overview of the Affordable Care Act. Under the Affordable Care Act, group health plans providing coverage to dependent children are required to make such coverage available until the child’s 26th birthday, even if the child can no longer be claimed as the employee’s “dependent” for federal income tax purposes. For details please click the link above. >>>Download a copy of the presentation
PAST EVENT: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 – 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT
UBA Employer Series: COBRA After Health Care Reform
In this webinar, we’ll provide a brief overview of COBRA’s requirements, consider whether COBRA has any long-term future (in view of the ability to purchase coverage through the Exchanges starting in 2014), and then address several short-term implications for COBRA of comprehensive health care reform.
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PAST EVENT: April 13, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Fair Labor Standards Act Crackdown: Understanding and Eliminating the Most Common Errors
In fiscal year 2008, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division recovered more than $185 million in back wages for over 228,000 underpaid employees. The vast majority of this recovery (88%) was due to incorrect overtime practices. Depending upon the size of the workforce, and the extent of the violations, these types of back-pay awards can be financially devastating.
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PAST EVENT: March 24, 3:00 p.m. and April 1, 3:00 p.m.
Setting the Course for Responsible Health Care Reform
Join NAHU CEO Janet Trautwein for a free one-hour legislative town-hall webinar. Janet will be discussing the next steps for health reform and NAHU’s strategy going forward. In addition to the live discussion, NAHU senior government relations staff will be online to answer questions in live chat. Participation is limited to 1,000 members, so please register early!
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This special presentation is brought to you by the Member Firms of United Benefit Advisors in conjunction with the National Association of Health Underwriters.
PAST EVENT: March 9, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Complying With New Mental Health Parity Rules
Now that the federal agencies charged with enforcing the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (“MHPAEA”) have finally issued regulations in this area, sponsors of employer group health plans will want to turn their attention to complying with the regulatory requirements. The MHPAEA not only broadened the scope of the 1996 Mental Health Parity Act – for instance, by prohibiting virtually any differential in coverage between mental health benefits and medical/surgical benefits – but also applied the new parity rules to substance use disorder benefits.
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PAST EVENT: Feb 17, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Employee Handbooks: How They Help And Hurt Employers
An employee handbook is generally considered an essential tool in communicating expectations and rules of conduct to employees. It is considered a key document in most employment litigation and its content can either help or hurt an employer. Do you know what policies you must include in your handbook, which are highly recommended, and which are optional? Do you know if the content of your handbook is sound? This Webinar will cover the pro’s and con’s of handbooks, the types of written policies that are “must haves” and “should haves,” and common errors in drafting handbooks.
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PAST EVENT: Jan 12, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
GINA Reshuffles the Deck: Complying With the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
As is so often the case, Congress took an unobjectionable goal – protecting individuals from discrimination on the basis of their genetic make-up – and turned it into a nightmare for employers. The 2008 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) imposes a number of constraints on employers’ actions. This is true in both the pure employment context and as sponsors of group health plans. Moreover, GINA “reshuffled the deck” on a number of other federal laws – including the ADA, FMLA and HIPAA – thereby forcing employers to go back to school on those laws, as well. The primary focus of this webinar will be GINA’s impact on employer health plans. You will learn how GINA extends even to wellness programs including health risk assessments.
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