Expert Opinion

How can organizations proactively work to understand what resources are needed within their organizations to address mental health?

By helping alleviate the financial burden associated with fertility treatments, employers can create a supportive environment where employees feel valued and motivated.

As a benefit advisor it can be a worthwhile and transformative effort to consider the broader impact of your work on employee health outcomes.

The Institutional Retirement Income Council has released a new paper that recommends plan sponsors provide retirement income projections to plan participants, calling it an important element of retirement preparedness.

The future of noncompetes is uncertain, but the current trend is decidedly toward limiting their application.

This decision leaves the door open for other plaintiffs who may bring a similar challenge against the FDA and mifepristone in the future.

"You need to stay up to the minute on developments," said Mark S. Goldstein, a labor and employment lawyer at Reed Smith. "We have to be able to be flexible and pivot quite quickly, with the patchwork of employment laws at the state and local level."

Employers are advised to work closely with labor and employment counsel in evaluating options.