EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
COBRA | ERISA
Employee benefit plans are regulated by a bewildering array of legal statutes, regulations, and procedures. As a result, managing employee benefits represents an ongoing, time-consuming, and often confusing responsibility for employers.
The Jenkins Law Firm can support and advise employers in all aspects of employee benefit law including:
- Helping with the selection, drafting, and establishment of benefit plans, including plans providing benefits ranging from retirement, deferred compensation, and health coverage, to long term disability, severance, employee assistance and cafeteria subsidies.
- Maintaining compliance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), including requirements concerning the operation and administration of benefit plans.
- Assisting in the selection, drafting and administration of specialized compensation and benefit programs for managerial and executive positions.
- Ensuring compliance with the notice, election, and claims administration requirements of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA).
- Representing employers in litigation concerning benefit issues such as: ERISA preemption; disputes concerning entitlement to benefits; breaches of fiduciary duty; and damage actions involving misconduct or negligence by third party administrators, consultants, and other experts.
