By Porter Wright on The snow falling outside my window right now is a stark reminder that the end of 2014 is right around the corner. With 2015 approaching, employers should take a moment to ensure their health and welfare plans and cafeteria plans are up-to-date. While very few changes are mandatory, there have been several legal developments over … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on While audits of qualified retirement plans have become commonplace, audits of health and welfare plans have historically been much less common. Only a select group of “lucky” employers was subjected to health and welfare plan audits, and the scope of those audits was somewhat limited. Unfortunately, it appears that trend is ending. We are seeing a notable increase in the frequency of health and welfare plan audits, and the scope of these audits is becoming much broader.… Continue Reading
