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The Archive — October 2026

October

  1. Public Announcement and Petition Period for Independent Dispute Resolution Entities Seeking Recertification; Is Adding a Trump Account Option the Next Big Cafeteria Plan Benefit?; San Francisco Revises Health Care Spending…
  2. CMS Proposes Annual Eligibility Checks Before Marketplace Subsidies Flow; When Your 401(k) Plan Makes a Mistake: Tag, You’re It; Five Major Companies Pledge Faster, Electronic Prior Authorizations; Allegheny County Council Passes…
  3. Treasury, IRS Update Retirement Plan Correction Program and Establish Correction Program for Individual Retirement Accounts; Trump Accounts Face Adoption Questions as Employers Weigh Complexity; New Milestone: Majority of HSA…
  4. PBM Fee Disclosure Rule Clears White House Review; Marsh Projects 2027 Retirement Plan Limits; 2026 Employer Health Benefits Survey; Pennsylvania County Becomes First in Nation to Pass Paid Parental Leave
  5. IRS Updates Pension Funding Interest Rates (Notice 2026-65); 2027 401(k) Contribution Limits All But Official: $25,500 Expected; ‘Red Flags’ Mental Health Parity Guidance Provides Practical Tips for Plan Sponsors and Hints at…
  6. CMS Proposes Reforms to Strengthen Transparency and Affordability in Medicare Advantage and Part D; ESOP ‘Adequate Consideration’ Inadequate No More?; New Premium Tax Credit Proposed Regulations: What Group Health Plan Sponsors…
  7. ESOP Valuation Act Signed Into Law; IRS Clarifies Amendment Deadlines for SECURE and SECURE 2.0 Plan Amendments; Know Before You Owe: New Rules Expand Health Plan Price Transparency Requirements; FMLA Leave and RIF Decisions: Why…
  8. PBGC Posts 2027 Premium Rates; SECURE 2.0 Amendment Deadlines: What Employers Need to Address by Year-End 2026; Transparency in Coverage Final Rules Issued; New York Employment Law Roundup: What Employers Need to Know About…
  9. IRS Proposes Changes to Marketplace Premium Tax Credits; Breaking: 2027 Social Security COLA Largest Increase in 5 Years; Departments Finalize Transparency in Coverage Rules: What Health Plans and Issuers Need to Know; Callan and…
  10. How Can a Plan Sponsor Handle a Late Audit and 5500 Filing?; Choosing the Right Partner: How Employers and Taft-Hartley Plans Can Evaluate Point Solution Vendors; DC Reduces Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Under Universal…
  11. PBGC Explains How to Find Out Whether a Pension Plan Is Insured; Many Retirement Plans Must Be Amended by December 31, 2026; Menopause in the Workplace: New Accommodation Laws, Health Plan Insurance Mandates, and What Employers…
  12. Why More Business Owners Should Know About ESOPs; October 2026 Regulatory & Legislative Update; Three Days After Its Quiet Dismissal, The Macy’s Broker-Fee Case Is Back
  13. SECURE and SECURE 2.0 Amendments’ Deadlines Are Due: The IRS Provides Some Clarity; New ‘Transparency’ Pricing Rules for Employer-Sponsored Healthcare Rolled Out by HHS; Goodyear Must Face Notice Claim Over Its Nicotine…
  14. The New Transparency in Coverage Deadlines, Now on the Calendar; Key Democrats Propose Caps on Large Retirement Account Balances; Massachusetts HIRD Filing Window Opens November 15; An Insurer Tries to Sue Its Way Out of IDR…
  15. A Guard Medic’s Demotion Costs a Texas Memory Care Operator; The Real Disruption Behind PEPs; What Employers Should Know About 2026 Breast Cancer Screening and Navigation Requirements; SCOTUS Intel Hearing Focuses on ‘Meaningful’…
  16. Three Agencies Finalize a Cleanup of the Health Price Transparency Files; PBGC Waives Requirement to Report Attrition Events Under Its Reportable Events Regulation; Proposed Regulations Offer Clarity on Dependent Care Assistance…
  17. Treasury and IRS Map the Year Ahead for Benefits Guidance; DOL Clarifies When Proxy Advisory Firms Are ERISA Fiduciaries: What Plan Fiduciaries Need to Know; GLP-1s Have Disrupted the Market for Other Diabetes Drugs; Employment…
  18. Treasury Announces Completion of Trump Account Auto-Enrollment; New IRS Guidance Addresses SECURE and SECURE 2.0 Amendment Deadlines; New IRS-Treasury Plan Continues to List Overdue VEBA Guidance; California Revises State…
  19. Treasury and IRS Publish the 2026-2027 Priority Guidance Plan; SEC Proposes Broader Access to Private-Market Investments; White House Starts Mailing $500 ACA Refund Checks to Nearly 1 Million People; Blue Shield and Magellan Must…

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