Labour market · 06/12/2011

US Labor Department Proposes New Rules for Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements

The US Labor Department has proposed two new rules under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to facilitate the enforcement of new authority granted to the Secretary of Labor by the Affordable Care Act, which allows for the issuance of cease and desist orders and summary seizure orders against multiple employer welfare arrangements deemed fraudulent or insolvent.