SBHRA Insurance Academy | Benefit Compliance Issues for the Post COVID Workplace [California]

About the Event

Webinar

As workplaces begin to return to some version of pre-COVID operations, employers confront a host of compliance issues including vaccination status of their workforce, subsidized COBRA for those whose jobs ended or schedules were reduced due to the pandemic, and health and dependent care flexible spending account changes to accommodate changes in spending and access to care.

Join Lesa Caputo and her guests Christine Roberts and Christina Behram from Mullen & Henzell LLP Law as they walk through the key steps to staying on top of the legal issues and changes that employers confront in this changing environment.

Meet the Speaker:

Lesa Caputo, Principal and Benefits Advisors

Lesa joined One Digital in 2018 after growing her company, Beneflex Insurance Services over the prior 8 years and with a combined 27+ years’ experience in the insurance industry as a Senior Benefits Advisor. Lesa is a leading expert in employer benefits offerings, having worked on both the insurance carrier and broker sides of the industry.

She is highly versed in compliance and health care reform issues, topics she often addresses in our client workshops for the SBHRA Insurance Academy.

Her extensive knowledge in employee benefits, strategic abilities in plan design and funding mechanisms, and her compliance expertise make Lesa an invaluable partner to her clients. Since joining OneDigital she has been nominated to serve on their Large Group Client Advisory Committee as she is viewed by her peers to be an expert in this market segment.

Lesa graduated from UCSB with a degree in Business Economics in 1994. She lives in Ojai, CA with her husband and three daughters. She proudly serves as a board member for the Pacific Coast Region of the American Red Cross.

Christine P. Roberts, Parnter at Mullen & Henzell LLPs

Christine Roberts practices in the complex and ever-changing field of employment benefits law (ERISA). For more than twenty years, Christine has helped employers and benefit brokers steer a clear path to ERISA compliance, de-mystifying the jargon, and providing practical advice to clients in language that they can understand and act on with assurance.

Christine assists plan sponsors in all aspects of qualified retirement plan design, operation, and termination in compliance with ERISA and the Code, including participation in IRS and Department of Labor voluntary correction programs. An additional focus of her practice is serving as outside ERISA counsel to benefit brokers and advisors, helping them to navigate a broad range of ERISA and Affordable Care Act compliance issues. Christine also works extensively with for-profit and tax-exempt employers on executive deferred compensation arrangements. Christine has helped many employers, both profit and not-for-profit, in lessening or avoiding interest and penalties when they are found out of compliance. Since 2010, Christine has maintained a legal blog, www.eforerisa.com, and posts regularly on developments in ERISA regulatory and case law.

In her time away from the office, Christine is an avid reader, Masters swimmer, and travels to New Orleans at least once a year with her husband to explore new restaurants and music venues.

Christina M. Behrman, Associate at Mullen & Henzell LLPs

Christina Behrman is an associate in the firm’s Labor and Employment group. Christina joined the firm in 2019. Christina advises and represents employers in a broad range of employment law matters including discrimination and harassment, retaliation and wrongful termination, leaves of absence and disability accommodations. She also has experience in wage and hour class actions arising under California law, including under the California Labor Code and the Private Attorneys General Act.

Prior to joining Mullen & Henzell, Christina worked at a large law firm in Los Angeles representing a diverse mix of employers in labor and employment litigation matters.

While earning her law degree at UCLA, Christina served as an editor for the UCLA Law Review and worked as an extern for the U.S. Attorney’s Office Civil Division. She also served as a judicial Extern to the Honorable Cathy Ann Bencivengo in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

In her spare time, Christina enjoys hiking, reading, and traveling.