WEB Benefit Basics Webinars

Phyllis Borzi, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor, EBSA

Register today for WEB Benefit Basics upcoming webinar Department of Labor Legislative and Regulatory Update. The program will feature Phyllis Borzi, Assistant Secretary of Labor of the Employee Benefits Security Administration, and provide an update on recent and proposed Department of Labor legislation and regulatory guidance.

$40 for WEB Members — REGISTER HERE

$80 for Non-Members — REGISTER HERE

Once submitted, your registration will be final. Refunds are not available for this program.

Speaker Biography:

Phyllis C. Borzi was confirmed on July 10, 2009 as Assistant Secretary of Labor of the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA). EBSA oversees nearly 700,000 private-sector retirement plans, approximately 2.5 million health plans, and other welfare benefit plans that that provide benefits to approximately 150 million Americans. As agency head, she oversees the administration, regulation and enforcement of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Previously, Ms. Borzi was a research professor in the Department of Health Policy at George Washington University Medical Center's School of Public Health and Health Services. In that position, she was involved in research and policy analysis involving employee benefit plans, the uninsured, managed care, and legal barriers to the development of health information technology. In addition, she was of counsel with the Washington, D.C. law firm of O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue LLP, specializing in ERISA and other legal issues affecting employee benefit plans, including pensions and retirement savings, health plans, and discrimination based on age or disability. From 1979 to 1995, Borzi served as pension and employee benefit counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations of the Committee on Education and Labor. In 1993, she served on working groups dealing with insurance reform, workers' compensation and employer coverage in connection with the Clinton Task Force on Health Care Reform. She holds a Master of Arts degree in English from Syracuse University and a J.D. from Catholic University Law School, where she was editor-in-chief of the law review. She is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.

WEB Benefit Basics covers topics at an introductory level for those who are new to the subject matter or who need more information on a specific benefit subject. The WEB Benefit Basics webinar provides a real-time presentation from our speaker with a PowerPoint that can be viewed from your home or office computer and heard through your telephone receiver. Following the presentation, attendees can submit questions to our experts. Upon registration, a link to the program site and dial-in number will be provided.