How can USI help our organization reduce the risk of legal penalties associated with our employee benefits program?
The USI Employee Benefits Compliance team has created multiple checklists to help employers identify areas where they are not in full compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Organizations that fail to meet their compliance obligations face significant fines and penalties from federal, state, and/or local regulators.
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- Provides guidance on mitigating existing liabilities and eliminate future regulatory exposures
- Organizations that maintain compliance with federal, state, and local laws avoid incurring fines and penalties potentially totalling millions of dollars
- The cost to hire an attorney to perform a compliance review for an organization can cost tens of thousands of dollars
USI's Employee Benefits Compliance team has created checklists that address an organization's compliance with all relevant government agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of Labor, as well as various other federal, state, and local regulators.
USI maintains one of the largest ERISA practices in the United States with its team of locally based, nationally networked benefits attorneys and specialists. This team provides regular updates to clients on new and changing legislation at the federal, state, and local levels. Additionally, our team regularly hosts seminars and webinars to help organizations understand their responsibilities.
USI provides the compliance checklists, updates, and invitations to seminars and webinars as part of our standard services offering at no additional cost to clients.
I’d like to explore further how USI can help our organization reduce the risk of legal penalties associated with our employee benefits program.
Upon engagement with each new client, USI will conduct a compliance checklist review, including (but not limited to) 5500 filings, SPD documents, required notices, ACA filings, and HIPAA notices and practices.