In the second episode of our three-part Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation podcast miniseries, hosts Lynne Wakefield and Lydia Parker discuss key health and welfare plan developments as we close out 2023 and head into 2024.

Transcript: Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation: Getting Ready for 2024 – Health and Welfare Plan Developments (PDF)

Stay tuned for next week’s episode, where hosts Jim Earle and Josh Gelfand will cover the basics of top-hat plans and what you need to do to ensure ERISA compliance.

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Photo of Lydia Parker Lydia Parker

Lydia is a partner in the Employee Benefits + Executive Compensation Practice Group. She assists clients with the design and implementation of employee benefits plans, and regularly advises clients on the wide variety of compliance issues that arise in the administration of those…

Lydia is a partner in the Employee Benefits + Executive Compensation Practice Group. She assists clients with the design and implementation of employee benefits plans, and regularly advises clients on the wide variety of compliance issues that arise in the administration of those plans. Lydia has broad experience with both tax-qualified retirement plans, such as 401(k), 403(b) and defined benefit plans, and nonqualified plans. She has worked extensively with clients on compliance issues related to both self-insured and fully-insured health and welfare benefits plans, including group health plans, severance plans, life insurance plans, and disability plans. Her experience with health and welfare benefits plans includes advising on ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, ERISA, and Internal Revenue Code compliance. Lydia also assists clients with the benefits and compensation aspects of mergers and acquisitions, the negotiation of administrative services agreements and other vendor contracts, governance and fiduciary issues, and the administration of claims and appeals.

Photo of Lynne Wakefield Lynne Wakefield

Lynne regularly assists clients with issues relating to employer-sponsored health and welfare benefits, including the design, implementation, and administration of group health plans, cafeteria plans, health savings accounts (HSAs), health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs), wellness programs, and retiree medical and private exchange coverage.