The Health Benefits Education Campaign (HBEC) is designed to educate participants about their rights and responsibilities under ERISA and to provide compliance assistance to health plan sponsors and their service providers.
Workers and Families
This interactive website is designed to help workers and their families understand group health benefits and the laws that govern them, especially when they experience changes in their life and work situations, such as marriage, childbirth, job loss or retirement.
Nothing scheduled at this time.
Health care coverage is one of your most important benefits. Learning how your plan works and what laws protect you is the first step to becoming an educated health benefits consumer. These publications will assist you. To order copies of these and other publications, call EBSA toll-free at 866-444-3272.
- An Employee's Guide to Health Benefits Under COBRA - The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986
- In Brief: Can the Retiree Health Benefits Provided by Your Employer Be Cut?
- Employer Bankruptcy: How Will it Affect Your Employee Benefits?
- FAQs For Reservists Being Called To Active Duty
- Filing A Claim For Your Disability Benefits
- Filing A Claim For Your Health Benefits
- General Facts on Women and Job Based Health
- How to Obtain Employee Benefit Documents from DOL
- Job Loss - Important Information Workers Need to Know to Protect their Health Coverage
- MEWAs: A Guide to Federal and State Regulation
- Protecting Retirement and Health Care Benefits after Job Loss | En Español (ES) | العربية (AR) | 简体中文 (ZH SC) | 繁體中文 (ZH TC) | Français (FR) | Kreyòl Ayisyen (HT) | 한국어 (KO) | po Polsku (PL) | Português (PT) | Pусский (RU) | Tagalog (TL) | tiếng Việt (VI)
- Retirement and Health Care Coverage...Q&As for Dislocated Workers
- Protections For Newborns, Adopted Children, And New Parents
- What To Do If Your Health Coverage Can No Longer Pay Benefits
- Your Rights After A Mastectomy
Employers and Advisers
For more information see our Information for Employers and Advisers page, Contact Us electronically, or call us toll-free at 866-444-3272.
This interactive website assists employers in understanding and complying with the applicable laws.
The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) sponsors compliance assistance seminars and webcasts designed to provide plan sponsors practical information, helpful tips, and clarification regarding state and federal health benefits laws to help them properly administer their plans. These seminars and webcasts are free and open on a first come first served basis. In addition to EBSA, speakers from State Insurance Departments and the DOL's Wage Hour Division participate and answer questions.
Why You Should Attend These Seminars
If you are an employer who is trying to comply with federal and state laws regarding your health plan, this is your chance to talk to both federal and state regulators at the same time, in the same place. If you are a third party administrator or a carrier who has questions about new laws and issues, this is your opportunity to ask the experts.
Webcasts
- Getting It Right - Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities National Webcast Series for Retirement and Health Plan Sponsors Archive – Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Upcoming Seminar Locations
Nothing scheduled at this time
Previous Seminar Locations
Albany NY
Albuquerque NM
Anchorage AK
Annapolis MD
Arlington VA
Atlanta GA
Austin TX
Bangor ME
Baldwin Park CA
Baton Rouge LA
Billings MT
Birmingham AL
Boise ID
Burlington VT
Camp Hill PA
Carlisle PA
Casper WY
Chandler AZ
Charleston WV
Chicago IL
Cincinnati OH
Clark NJ
Columbia SC
Columbus OH
Concord NH
Denver CO
Dover DE
Des Moines IA
Durham NC
Fargo ND
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Fort Wayne IN
Harrisburg PA
Hartford CT
Helena MT
Indianapolis IN
Jackson MS
Kansas City MO
Lansing MI
Las Vegas NV
Laurel MD
Little Rock AR
Los Angeles CA
Louisville KY
Lynchburg VA
Madison WI
Manchester NH
Mesa AZ
Minneapolis MN
Nashville TN
Natick, MA
New Orleans LA
New York NY
Newark NJ
Novi MI
Oklahoma City OK
Orlando FL
Omaha NE
Overland Park KS
Phoenix AZ
Pierre SD
Plantation FL
Portland ME
Portland OR
Raleigh NC
Richmond VA
Roswell GA
Rutland City VT
Salem OR
Salt Lake City UT
San Antonio TX
San Diego CA
San Francisco CA
Santa Fe NM
Savannah GA
Schenectady NY
Seattle WA
Shreveport LA
St. Louis MO
Tallahassee FL
Troy NY
Tulsa OK
Warwick RI
West Windsor NJ
- An Employer's Guide to Group Health Continuation Coverage Under COBRA
- An Employer's Guide to Health and Disability Benefit Claims
- Compliance Assistance Guide - Health Benefits Coverage Under Federal Law
- Form M-1 Online Filing System User Guide
- Group Health and Disability Plans Benefit Claims Procedure Regulation
- How to Protect Your Employees When Purchasing Health Insurance
- In Brief: Can the Retiree Health Benefits Provided by Your Employer Be Cut?
- MEWAs: A Guide to Federal and State Regulation
- Qualified Medical Child Support Orders
- Reporting and Disclosure Guide for Employee Benefit Plans
- Understanding Your Fiduciary Responsibilities Under A Group Health Plan