Benefits Law Group of Chicago
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Benefits Law Group of Chicago is a resource for HR professionals and human resource departments of private companies and not-for-profit organizations such as hospitals and medical centers, universities, associations and charitable organizations.
Recent Benefits Bulletins
Surprise Billing - And What You Can Do About It
7/22/19
What happens when you go to an in-network facility (hospital or emergency room) and are treated by a doctor who is not in your insurance company’s PPO network? You get a bill from a specialist like a radiologist or anesthesiologist that exceeds your insurer’s normal ...
Court Setback for Association Health Plans
5/8/19
The Department of Labor issued guidance in mid-2018 which allowed employer associations to adopt a single multiple employer health plan to cover a greater number of employers and their employees. These Association Health Plans (or “AHPs”) were intended to allow more smaller employers and self-employed individuals to ...
Court Case Clears the Way for Illinois Secure Choice Program
4/12/19
The Illinois Secure Choice Savings Program requires employers with at least 25 Illinois employees to set up a state-sponsored IRA based retirement program if they do not already have a retirement plan. Although the program is funded solely by payroll contributions from employees, subject employers must go ...
Will a MEP Plan Solve Your 401(k) Fiduciary Problems?
2/26/19
Department of Labor proposed regulations would allow certain employers (including employer groups or associations) and business owners with no employees to share a single 401(k) plan. This arrangement would transfer administrative and compliance responsibility to the sponsor of the retirement plan under a multiple employer plan ...
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M. Squiller
We were faced with a benefits reduction issue, and rather than try and wade through the bureaucracy and complicated forms by ourselves, we turned to Andrew Williams to guide us and assist in the appeal of the decision. We just received word that the decision was reversed.
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Art Mazzone
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