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Venable LLP
Nov. 13, 2025
With the shutdown ended, the [IRS] has finally issued Notice 2025-67, setting out the limits on benefits and contributions for 2026. Maximum deferrals under a 401(k) or 403(b) plan rose from $23,500 to $24,500, while maximum benefits under a defined benefit plan rose from $280,000 to $290,000. This page includes a chart showing details, and limits from 1996 to 2026.
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Venable LLP
Nov. 7, 2025
"The ESSTA amendments now require employers to provide a separate bank of at least 32 hours of unpaid leave that must be front-loaded at hire and at the beginning of each calendar year.... Employers must now provide 20 hours of paid prenatal leave during any 52-week calendar period in accordance with the other ESSTA parameters. The effect of this codification is that the ESSTA's strong enforcement actions now include enforcing compliance with paid prenatal leave requirements."
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Venable LLP
Sept. 22, 2025
"Does your company's health plan provide prescription drug coverage? If so, you have until October 15, 2025 to send a notice to individuals who are enrolled in Medicare Part A or Part B and are eligible for the company's health plan. The notice lets recipients know whether the company's prescription drug coverage is 'creditable' or 'non-creditable.' "
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Venable LLP
July 1, 2025
"By July 31, employers that sponsor self-funded medical plans must report and pay their PCORI fee. By July 31, employers that sponsor calendar-year employee benefit plans that are subject to ERISA must file a Form 5500 (unless an exception applies) or request an extension by filing a Form 5558."
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Venable LLP
June 26, 2025
"There are myriad federal, state, and local laws that govern what employee medical information may be collected by employers, when an employer can request employee medical information, how such information may be requested, how it must be stored, and how long the records must be retained.... Once medical information is obtained, employers must also be sure to comply with laws governing how such information must be maintained, protected, and retained."
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Venable LLP
May 21, 2025
"Employers should be prepared to turn over an NQTL comparative analysis to the government upon request. Employers with fully insured plans should contact the insurance company (if they have not already done so) to request a copy of the insurance company's NQTL comparative analysis. Employers with self-funded plans who have not yet conducted or arranged for an NQTL comparative analysis should begin the process of locating a vendor and should contact benefits counsel."
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Venable LLP
May 8, 2025
"The RxDC report is a series of data files containing plan information, employer information, financial information (such as premiums, fees, drug costs, cost-sharing, and rebates), and aggregated claim information (such as number of claims, number of unique members, and dosage units). Plans are required to submit the RxDC report through CMS's Health Insurance Oversight System (HIOS)."
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Venable LLP
May 1, 2025
"A court in Texas has given employers a new weapon in the fight against [ACA] penalties.... The court held that under the ACA, the certification process must be administered by HHS and could not be delegated to the IRS. Because HHS currently has no certification process in place, the IRS is arguably unable to impose penalties." [Faulk Company, Inc. v. HHS, No. 24-0609 (N.D. Tex. Apr. 10, 2025)]
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Venable LLP
Mar. 30, 2025
"This case has broad implications for administrative law generally, but for agencies that are empowered to assess fees or that delegate to private entities in particular.... An affirmance would invite more aggressive challenges to all sorts of agency actions where arguably Congress's delegation is unclear or goes too far." [FCC v. Consumers' Research, No. 22-60008 (5th Cir. Mar. 24, 2023; cert. pet. granted Nov. 22, 2024, No. 24-354; oral arg. Mar. 26, 2025)]
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Venable LLP
Jan. 30, 2025
"An employer with a group health plan that provides prescription drug coverage to Medicare-eligible individuals must make an annual disclosure to [CMS] ... no later than March 1, 2025 for calendar-year plans.... [Employer group health plans] must report small breaches occurring in 2024 no later than March 1, 2025."
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