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Interaction between COBRA and Medicare in C-Suite Executive Severance and Retirement Arrangements

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Both companies and their C-suite executives should be mindful of the interactions between COBRA and Medicare and their implications when negotiating a severance or retirement arrangement. This is because Medicare enrollment...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Don’t You Forget About Me: Terminating Employees and Benefits to Think About

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No matter the size of your organization, at some point in time employees leave. As we noted previously, it behooves human resources and other departments to provide departing employees with an exit letter that includes...more

Fisher Phillips

5 Things Employers Should Know About COBRA and Severance Agreements as Layoffs Loom

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As we edge into the second quarter of 2024, we continue to see a steady stream of layoff announcements — and employers are still feeling the fallout of pandemic-related hiring frenzies, unpredictable economic conditions, and...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Employers – Check Your Severance Arrangements Now!

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If employees are required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a timely negative COVID-19 test, and/or wear a mask as a condition of employment (COVID-19 Policies), and an employee is terminated for violating a...more

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IRS Addresses Lingering Employer Questions Regarding COBRA Premium Assistance and Corresponding Tax Credits under the American...

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The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provides for 100% premium assistance to certain qualified beneficiaries for continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) for periods of...more

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Employers May Need to Update Their Severance Agreement Templates by April 1

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Acronyms make us do things. AWOL makes us go looking for someone, BOGO makes us buy two of something we didn’t need one of, and NSFW makes us cover our screen and hope no one has already walked by....more

Epstein Becker & Green

Return-to-Work: Benefits Guidance in the Time of COVID-19

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Many U.S. businesses are starting to prepare for phased returns to the workplace. Employers’ planning should consider the impact that various return-to-work approaches may have on their employee benefits and compensation...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Severance and Deferred Compensation Considerations for Tax-Exempt Colleges and Universities

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In-house counsel and human resources professionals at tax-exempt colleges and universities often face a variety of challenges when structuring, and determining obligations due under, severance arrangements. There are some key...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

How to Structure an Employee Severance Package Regarding COBRA and the ACA

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Often, when parting ways with an employee, an employer may offer to pay for some months of COBRA continuation coverage so that the employee can remain covered without having to pay the substantial premiums associated with...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

What Everyone Needs to Know About the Coordination of Severance Benefits, COBRA, and the ACA

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In a common occurrence throughout corporate America, an employee terminates employment and as a result will lose company-provided health care coverage. To obtain health care coverage, the employee has two options: 1) elect...more

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