ERIC Urges House to Pass Bipartisan HSA Bill

Today, ERIC sent a letter to members of the U.S. House of Representatives urging them to vote yes on H.R. 6199. This bill would make a number of important improvements to health savings accounts

Legislative Proposal to Expand SCP

ERIC, along with other organizations, sent a letter to Senators Orrin Hatch and Ron Wyden with a proposal to restructure IRS operations. The proposal would direct the IRS to expand the self-correction program within the IRS’s Employee Plan Compliance Resolution System, to enable businesses with retirement plans to more easily correct common mistakes

ERIC Victory! Louisiana Reinsurance Proposal Dead

Louisiana House Bill 472, which we have been alerting you to, can now be considered dead. This bill would have created a reinsurance program (in conjunction with House Bill 246) funded through an assessment on health insurers, health maintenance organizations, group self-insurers, and third-party administrators

ERIC Submits Comments on DC Paid Leave Rulemaking

The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Department of Employment Services’ (DOES) proposed rules implementing the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016 (UPLA), D.C. Law 21-264; D.C. Official Code § 32-541.01 et seq

NJ Governor Signs Paid Sick Leave Law

Yesterday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Assembly Bill 1827, the New Jersey Paid Sick Leave Act, providing all workers across the state with paid sick leave