The focus of this week’s post is on an emerging hot topic, abortion care travel reimbursement. Reimbursement for travel to obtain abortion care was already something being considered by a number of companies in response to...more
5/24/2022
/ Abortion ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Health Savings Accounts ,
Privately Held Corporations ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Roe v Wade ,
SCOTUS ,
Travel Reimbursements
Earlier this year, Bret Busacker explained the FSA relief enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA) in a blog post titled “Bridge Over Troubled Water: 2021 Flexible Spending Account Relief in the...more
The COVID-Related Tax Relief Act of 2020, the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020, and the No Surprises Act, all part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA, 2021), which was signed into law on...more
1/5/2021
/ CARES Act ,
Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Flexible Spending Accounts ,
Hardship Distributions ,
MHPAEA ,
NQTLs ,
Relief Measures ,
Retirement Plan ,
Stafford Act ,
Student Loans ,
Surprise Medical Bills ,
Tax Relief
Owners and employees of smaller organizations often find themselves stretched in many directions. With all of the demands on one’s time associated with operating a business, it is not uncommon to see attention to the...more
2/13/2020
/ Acquisitions ,
Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Brokers ,
Business Ownership ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Health and Welfare Plans ,
Plan Administrators ,
Plan Documents ,
Retirement Plan ,
Summary Plan Description