While the complexity and the pace of change in health and welfare plans increases rapidly, BakerHostetler guides clients to strategic solutions that meet their organization’s goals.
Comprehensive health reform in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has left organizations confused, concerned and fundamentally rethinking how to efficiently provide for their employees. Our multifaceted approach includes an analysis of a client’s industry, workforce and demographics to ensure the best decisions are made in compliance with the ACA and other regulations.
Our holistic team of attorneys enables us to assist clients at all levels of plan administration. We help them design customized benefit plans that comply with existing regulations, develop and implement effective strategies based on changing rules or changing employer needs, and face complex benefits-related decisions involving terminations, reorganizations, acquisitions, reductions in force and other events. When employers or plan fiduciaries face litigation over how their plans have been managed, we successfully represent them in court. We also represent clients in regulatory proceedings involving the U.S. Department of Labor, IRS, National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and other federal and state agencies.
Our team develops integrated benefits solutions for employers of all sizes, based on our comprehensive knowledge of the full menu of benefits capable of being provided, including health, dental, vision, life, disability and dependent care benefits. We have particular experience in counseling employers involved in collective bargaining situations where employee benefits become a focal point of negotiations.