HR Regulation

Here is a brief summary of items that employers and benefits advisors should be aware of for health plans as we close out 2024 and head into 2025.

The industry is reaching a tipping point where an increasingly loud chorus of voices are demanding transparency and a focus on health strategy.

By staying informed and proactive, advisors and brokers can help ensure that employee benefit plans remain robust, compliant, and beneficial for all stakeholders.

"Defendant Regent made the calculated decision, in consultation with its lawyers, that it could save money because of an alleged loophole in the WARN Act; namely, that it supposedly did not apply to fully or partially remote workers. However, that is not correct," the suit claims.

"This should be a point of welcome relief to celebrate — and it is, in part."

These employees now will be expected to be in the office five days a week "outside of extenuating circumstances" or unless they have been granted an exception by their organization's S-team leader.

Beginning Jan. 1, PwC will require its employees in the United Kingdom to spend at least three days a week with clients or in the office.

Since publication, freelance workers and others have filed lawsuits challenging the rule. These legal challenges currently are in the early stages of litigation.