2022 Employment Law and Employee Benefits 2023 Forecast

Join us for a morning session looking at key developments in employment law and significant changes in Employee Benefit plans.
 
Bruce Henderson of Phelps, Jenkins, Gibson & Fowler, L.L.P. will provide updates on following:

• Changes in employment and labor laws, including the expansion of “gender” in the workplace
• The new EEOC posting requirement
• Coping with remote work issues
• FMLA leave
• Medical marijuana
• Independent contractor status
• How to avoid retaliation claims

• The components of a high-performing employer sponsored healthcare plan and how to measure plan performance based on leading and lagging indicators. 
• Explore the employer ERISA obligations for self-funded plans and the new requirements and intent of the Consolidated Appropriation Act (CAA) to include mental health parity analysis and pharmacy benefit reporting.
• Discuss alternative payment strategies, plan design, plan features and policies that improve costs and outcomes.
• Discuss initiatives that local employer healthcare plan sponsors are pursuing in West Alabama to improve our regional healthcare ecosystem