Coronavirus Advisory Practice

COVID-19’s Expected Impact on Healthcare Costs

COVID-19 has inserted new complexities into employer healthcare plan budgeting and cost projections. Learn more about the trends we’re seeing for potential increases and decreases in 2021.

Coronavirus vaccinations - Employer considerations

With the emergency use authorization approval of vaccines, employers are trying to determine the right strategy for their on-site workforce and how this impacts their work site.

Our COVID-19 Vaccine Employer Checklist addresses how employers can take steps now to prepare.

Click here to learn more. 

Coronavirus update

The first COVID-19 vaccines are being distributed in the U.S. What does this mean for employers and employees in 2021?

Our new COVID-19 vaccine FAQ addresses the topics on many employers’ minds.

Click here to learn more.

For the latest updates on COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine rollout plans, please visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration websites.

Benefits

• Webcast replay - Employer update: COVID-19 vaccines and what employers need to know - Jan. 14, 2021
• Cal OSHA - Emergency COVID-19 Prevention Regulation - Nov. 24, 2020
• IRS softens cafeteria plan midyear change rules due to the COVID-19 outbreak, but will leave FSA enrollees unsatisfied - May 13, 2020
• Coronavirus leave considerations - April 8, 2020
• Summarizing DOL and IRS guidance regarding the Families First Coronavirus Act - April 7, 2020
• Paycheck Protection Program: Bumpy start, updated rules - April 7, 2020
• An IRS rewards program: The employee retention tax credit - April 7, 2020
• IRS FAQs on employer tax credits for sick pay and expanded FMLA - April 7, 2020
• Large employer (500+) paid leave considerations - March 30, 2020
• Fever screens and benefits continuation: Two common COVID-19 questions - March 18, 2020
• IRS gives HSA-compatible plans green light to pay for COVID-19 services below the high deductible - March 11, 2020
• Unemployment compensation and state temporary disability program responses to the coronavirus - April 10, 2020

​Blog

• Additional COVID-19 information can be found on the Lockton Benefits Blog.

Global Benefits

• COVID-19: vaccines: What multinational employers need to know - March 29, 2021
• Country-by-country resources - March 31, 2020
• COVID-19 FAQs for multinational employers - March 17, 2020

HR Updates

• Emergency family and medical leave expansion policy - April 2, 2020
• Family medical leave of absence policy - April 2, 2020
• DHS announces Form-I-9 flexibility while employers navigate remote workforces - March 23, 2020
• DOL Families First Coronavirus Response ACT (FFCRA) notice requirement for employers with 500 or less employees