BENEFITS DIGEST

On June 23, 2026, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) quietly

Maryland’s Department of Labor (MDOL) published its final regulations of the state’s paid family and medical leave insurance (FAMLI) law. The regulations establish how the FAMLI program will operate

Despite repeated warnings from the US Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury (collectively, the departments) that they prioritize mental health parity compliance, employer

Hawaii has enacted a new law expanding the state’s family leave law to better support military families. Hawaii’s family leave statute will allow eligible employees to take unpaid family leave for

For years, employers in the Washington metropolitan area could treat paid family and medical leave as a “somewhere else” problem, an issue for companies with workforces in California, New York, or

The annual filing (and fee payment) for applicable self-insured health plans and specified health insurance policies used to fund the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (the PCORI fee) is

and what plan sponsors can do to improve access, trust and utilization.

(COBRA) compliance often gets treated as a “set it and forget it” administrative task, particularly when employers outsource to third-party

It is that time of year again when many state paid family and medical leave (PFML) programs roll out mid-year updates to benefit levels and

Miller Johnson employment attorneys Rebecca Strauss and Sarah Willey dig into one of the most talked-about benefits in today’s workplace: unlimited PTO. While these policies sound appealing, and can

Virginia recently enacted two new paid leave laws – one requires covered employers to provide paid sick leave, and the other creates paid family and medical leave. Although these laws do not go into