Month: August 2023

After several failed attempts by pharmacy benefit managers (“PBM”) to challenge state laws regulating PBMs, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals (in Pharmaceutical Care Management Association v. Mulready) handed down a big win for PBMs and, by extension, self-funded ERISA plans, when it... Find out more »

​Illinois recently passed a new law and implemented emergency regulations to protect day and temporary laborers (collectively “temporary workers”) and require day and temporary labor service agencies (collectively “temporary agencies”) to provide equal pay and equal... Find out more »

This alert is of interest to all applicable large employers (ALEs) – generally, those with at least 50 full-time equivalent employees. ​The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released Rev. Proc. 2023-29, which contains the inflation adjusted amounts for 2024 used to determine whether... Find out more »

Open Enrollment, the fourth-quarter period when employees enroll in employer-sponsored group benefit programs, is “crunch time” for human resource managers and their staff. At a time when HR professionals’ plates are full of end-of-the-year tasks, anxious coworkers pile on with... Find out more »

The phrase “Yes, Chef” holds significant importance in professional kitchens, originating from the military kitchen brigade system. It symbolizes order and discipline, instilling a structured approach to delivering an exceptional dining experience. Just as in the military, everyone in... Find out more »

At the peak of the pandemic in 2020, Alera Group recognized an urgent need among its business clients: a way to assist employees who were struggling with the physical, financial and mental health challenges COVID-19 had created. Our response was to host the first Alera Group Employee Wellbeing... Find out more »