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127 Matching News Items

1.  HR Policy Association Comments to EEOC on Proposed Wellness Program Rule: 'EEOC Does Not Have the Statutory Authority'
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June 21, 2015
"Although the proposed rule would restrict the ability of employers to administer gated health care plans, the EEOC does not have the statutory authority under the ADA's insurance safe harbor provision to impose such restrictions ... The EEOC's blanket rejection of a key 11th Circuit decision involving the ADA's 'safe harbor' (Seff v. Broward County) is inappropriate, and the agency should recognize that some wellness plans may fall within that provision."
2.  HR Policy Association Comment Letter to HHS on Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2015 (PDF)
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Dec. 27, 2013
"While making payments in two installments is welcome, we strongly encourage [HHS] to allow self-insured employers to have the option, at their discretion, to pay the entire reinsurance fee in January of each year should they find it beneficial to do so.... After carefully reviewing the NPRM and consulting with our members, we wish to address four major items of concern: [1] Self-insured self-administered plans should be a contributing entity for the transitional reinsurance program; [2] The definition of third party administrators is unnecessarily complicated; [3] Self-insured group health plans should not be required to pay the costly treasury contribution amount; and [4] Excess collections should not be used to increase coinsurance rates."
3.  American Benefits Council/HR Policy Association Comments on Interim Final Rules on Genetic Information in Health Insurance Coverage and Group Health Plans (PDF)
American Benefits Council
Dec. 18, 2009
12 pages. Excerpt: We are particularly concerned about the significant restrictions the Rules impose on employers' ability to effectively use HRAs and disease and case management programs to improve employee health.
4.  New Pension Law Makes Changes Aligned with HR Policy Retirement Security Recommendations (PDF)
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Aug. 29, 2006
2 pages. Excerpt: Facilitating Certain Defined Benefit Terminations. The HR Policy membership expressed significant interest in making DB to DC conversions easier. The PPA takes a small step in this direction by making it less expensive to terminate a part of a fully funded defined benefit plan when a company that is part of a controlled group is sold or otherwise divested, if certain requirements are met.
5.  Large Employer Association Reacts to Senate Finance Health Care Reform Proposal (PDF)
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Sept. 18, 2009
Excerpt: From HR Policy's perspective, the proposal represents a significant improvement over the House and Senate HELP proposals and is a step in the right direction to achieving true reform, but it still falls short of the key consensus objectives identified in the HR Policy Association's Position Regarding the Reform of the U.S. Health Care System and significantly raises the cost of employer-provided health care. Several provisions are consistent with the Association's position, including[.]
6.  HR Leaders Urge the President and Congress to Consider the Views of the Employer Community in Designing Comprehensive Health Care Reform (PDF)
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Feb. 22, 2010
4 pages. "Statement By Jeffrey C. McGuiness, President and CEO of the HR Policy Association, Representing the Views of Association Members on Reform of the U.S. Health Care System."
7.  Association Health Plan Bills' Aim Is to Help Small Business Employees Obtain Health Benefits (PDF)
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July 25, 2005
2 pages. Excerpt: Congress, with the backing of President Bush, is considering legislation intended to assist small employers in offering health insurance to their employees through pools referred to as association health plans (AHPs). The Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2005 (H.R. 525), introduced by Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX), was reported out of the House passed the House on April 13, 2005. A companion measure (S. 406) was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME).
8.  2018 ISS Policy Survey Queries Use of Pay Ratio
HR Policy Association Link to more items from this source
Aug. 6, 2017
"ISS asks two questions about how the U.S. pay ratio will be used.... [1] [H]ow the data will be analyzed and whether it will be used to compare companies, to assess year-on-year changes at an individual company, or not used at all.... [2] [H]ow shareholders should use the pay ratio -- as a data point for evaluating compensation related votes, for evaluating director votes, to assist in engaging with companies, as a 'risk factor' in making investment, or not at all because it will not be meaningful to investors."
9.  Policy Brief: Tax Laws Discourage Phased Retirement for Employers with Traditional Pensions (PDF)
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July 25, 2006
2 pages. Excerpt: With people living longer, healthier lives, many boomers who approach retirement do not want to retire completely. Instead, they would like to reduce their work schedules and make up the income difference by receiving a reduced share of their retirement benefits, a process known as phased retirement. For employers with defined benefit plans, current tax rules prohibit this practice prior to the plan's normal retirement age.
10.  Policy Brief: Enhanced Annuity Purchasing Would Promote a Guaranteed Income Floor in Retirement (PDF)
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June 5, 2006
2 pages. Excerpt: Now that a greater share of the workforce participates in defined contribution retirement (DC) plans, which typically make lump sum distributions and require employees to make their own financial decisions, there is a growing concern that many retirees will exhaust their retirement funds early in retirement.
11.  Policy Brief: Congress Likely to Impose New and Expanded Disclosure Requirements on Pension Plans (PDF)
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Sept. 26, 2005
2 pages. Excerpt: [T]he bills that have passed the Senate Finance Committee (S. 219), Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee ... and the House Workforce Committee (H.R. 2830) would increase the disclosures that pension plans must provide to the PBGC. In addition to enhancing annual filings and accelerating reports to participants, the bills require that detailed financial information filed with the PBGC that is confidential under current law be made available to the public.
12.  Policy Brief: Senate HELP Committee Approves Pension Reform Bill on September 8, 2005 (PDF)
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Sept. 20, 2005
2 pages. Excerpt: On September 8, 2005, the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee approved the Defined Benefit Security Act (no bill number available) containing significant reforms to the traditional and hybrid defined benefit system. The bill adapts provisions from both the House Workforce Committee bill (H.R. 2830) and the Senate Finance Committeepassed bill (S. 219).
13.  Policy Brief: Mass. Governor Individual Mandate Proposal Part of Solution for Universal Coverage? (PDF)
HR Policy Association Link to more items from this source
Aug. 10, 2005
2 pages. Excerpt: This Policy Brief provides a summary of the proposal based on available information (no legislation has been introduced), arguments that have been put forth for and against it, including issues that could potentially impact employers under such a scheme.
14.  Policy Brief: House Pension Funding Reform Bill Would Increase PBGC Premiums by 58 Percent (PDF)
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July 18, 2005
2 pages. Excerpt: Pension reform legislation recently approved by the House Education and the Workforce Committee (H.R. 2830), would substantially increase the annual pension insurance premiums employers pay to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). The bill increases the annual flat-rate premium paid by all employers 58 percent from $19 per worker to $30 per worker.
15.  Policy Brief on the Proposed Reform of Single Employer Defined Benefit Pension Plan Insurance (PDF)
HR Policy Association Link to more items from this source
Apr. 18, 2005
3 pages. Excerpt: This policy brief provides a general explanation of the administration's proposed reforms, recognizing that many details are yet to be provided.
16.  Policy Brief: New Social Security Display Ban Bill Provides Less Burden on Plan Administration (PDF)
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July 30, 2004
1 page. Excerpt: H.R. 2971 Prohibits Social Security Numbers on Employee IDs, Allows Exemptions
17.  Amicus Curiae Supports Plaintiff on ERISA Preemption of Maryland's 'Wal-Mart' Act (PDF)
HR Policy Association Link to more items from this source
Nov. 9, 2006
43 pages. Excerpt: [The HR Policy Association, Society for Human Resource Management, and American Benefits Council filed] a brief in the Fourth Circuit urging the court to sustain a lower court ruling striking down the Maryland Fair Share Health Care Act.
18.  Pharmaceutical Purchasing Coalition Transparency in Pharmaceutical Purchasing Solutions (TIPPS) (PDF)
HR Policy Association Link to more items from this source
July 25, 2006
1 page. Excerpt: The Pharmaceutical Purchasing Coalition ... is one of several reform initiatives being undertaken by the [HR Policy Association] to ascertain the feasibility of a more transparent model for purchasing pharmaceutical benefits for employees, retirees, and their dependents.
19.  Letter to FASB re: Definition of 'Grant Date' under FAS 123R (PDF)
HR Policy Association Link to more items from this source
Sept. 20, 2005
2 pages. Excerpt: On behalf of the HR Policy Association, I am writing to urge the Financial Accounting Standards Board ('FASB) to reverse the FASB staff's recently articulated view on the definition of 'grant date'under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (as revised, 2004) ('FAS 123R'). We believe that the staff's interpretation would create significant unintended consequences that significantly outweigh any accounting benefits that are produced.
20.  Letter to House Committee Re: Exclude Taxation of Deferral on Stock Option Gains from Conference (PDF)
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June 27, 2005
2 pages. Excerpt: On behalf of HR Policy Association, I am writing to urge you to reject section 5515 of the Senate passed version of H.R. 3 in the final conference report on the bill. Section 5515 requires immediatetaxation of deferred stock option gains. A similar provision was deleted from the final version of the American Jobs Creation Act last year.
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