"Employers with twenty-five or more employees anywhere in the world and at least one eligible employee in Oregon -- including remote employees -- must comply with this law's requirements.... Employees who have been employed with an employer for at least ninety days may take job-protected PLO leave. Employees may take twelve weeks of PLO leave per year."  MORE >>

"[1] Carefully review plan terms related to the benefits that are frequently the target of MHPAEA claims and the medical/surgical treatments that plaintiffs typically claim are analogs for these treatments. [2] Confirm that the processes for designing and applying coverage limitations are well-documented and in compliance with MHPAEA's requirements. [3] Confirm that processes are in place to comply with MHPAEA's disclosure requirements in response to participant document requests. Such requests are an 'early warning' that a MHPAEA lawsuit may be coming."  MORE >>

"Health insurers and administers surveyed reported medical trend factors that vary by product, averaging 5.8% to 6.9%, down by 1-2 percentage points from the previous survey. The Preferred Provider Organization plan was at 6.4% for the average trend factor, down by 1.4% from the prior year. With prescription drugs, insurers reported a weighted average trend of 8.1%, down 0.7% from 2021, whereas the weighted average trend reported by Pharmacy Benefit Managers increased from 6.2% to 7.5%."  MORE >>

"Employee wellness has become the top priority since the COVID-19 pandemic ... Another benefit that's in high demand is flexibility, regarding where, when and how employees work.... 48% of workers said that the ability to work from home some or all of the time would be a major or the most important factor in determining whether to accept a job offer in the future."  MORE >>

"Close to three-quarters (73%) of workers at companies with 1,000 employees or more in the United States and four Western Europe nations reported high or moderate levels of stress in February and March 2022.... [M]ore than one-third (34%) of the employees polled reported suffering symptoms of burnout.... few employees (23%) in the United States and the United Kingdom use employer-sponsored stress management programs, and only 15% reported being aware of them. The kicker, 32% of employees wanted their companies to offer more mental health resources."  MORE >>

"Employers may want to consider building in flexibility to their education assistance programs and to any matching contributions offered through coordination of such a program and a 401(k) plan benefit.... [If] proposed measures take effect, more individuals will be eligible for $0 monthly income-based payment amounts in the future.... [E]mployers that do not currently offer education assistance programs may want to consider adding one by January 1, 2023, as many borrowers' priorities will be shifting from retirement savings to student loan repayments then."  MORE >>