Employee Benefits Administration

Our lawyers have significant experience in employee benefits administration legal issues and provide preventive counseling to employers regarding their benefits practices and policies. We provide the following services:

• Preventive counseling regarding internal employee benefit practices and policies
• Advising on administration of participant welfare and retirement plan benefit claims, complying with contribution and benefit limitations, satisfying coverage and nondiscrimination requirements, and various governmental reporting and disclosure requirements
• Advising on COBRA, FMLA and USERRA administrative matters and obligations and preparing required documents and notices
• Advising and assisting with HIPAA portability, privacy, security and electronic data interchange compliance matters, and preparing required notices and internal policies and procedures
• Advising on union pension and welfare plan matters
• Advising on Davis-Bacon employee benefits and compliance matters
• Advising and assisting in the review and administration of qualified domestic relations orders (QDROs) and qualified medical child support orders (QMCSOs), and preparing model orders and procedures
• Advising and assisting in the preparation of plan documents (including individually designed plans and prototype plan adoption agreements), trust agreements, summary plan descriptions, participant loan documents, participant notices and various administrative forms, policies and notices
• Advising on ERISA and tax issues associated with the demutualization of insurance companies
• Reviewing and negotiating administrative service agreements with third party service providers
• Advising on retiree welfare plan issues, including design and modification
• Assisting with compliance for wellness programs (HIPAA, EEOC, GINA, and ADA Compliance)
• Counseling on the implementation of on-site health clinics