Enforce maintenance of compensation

Years 1–4 (requirement lasts 3 years after each worker's wave) · DOL Wage & Hour Division; employers; unionsDiscuss this step

DOL Employee Benefits Security Administration (health plan oversight)

amendedYears 1–4Federal programs

Today

Oversees about 2.5 million employer health plans under ERISA.

Under the plan

Health-plan oversight shrinks to supplementary plans; EBSA enforces maintenance of compensation.

Trade-off

A smaller oversight load; new enforcement duty with complex wage calculations.