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How the American Rescue Plan Act Affects COBRA
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COBRA: Avoid Getting Snakebit! (Notice Update, Deadline Update, Litigation Update)
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COVID-19 Impact for Health & Welfare Plans (Troutman Sanders and Pepper Hamilton COVID-19 Issues for Employers Podcast Series)
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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
One of the first questions that must be addressed in order to determine whether an individual is eligible for the temporary 100% subsidy for COBRA health care continuation coverage (including under state mini-COBRA statutes)...more
The May 31 deadline to notify workers about new COBRA continuation coverage rights is rapidly approaching. Many employers still have questions about who should receive this notice. This alert provides a step-by-step guide to...more
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (H.R. 1319, the “Rescue Act”) was signed into law by President Biden on March 11, 2021. The Rescue Act addresses a number of issues caused by the lingering pandemic, including the impacts of...more
Notice 2021-01 recently issued by the Employee Benefits Security Administration, provides helpful clarification on relief from certain participant deadlines issued last year. However, it also provides “suggestions” that plan...more
Mergers and acquisitions among private companies always present a range of HR challenges, especially in light of Covid-19. Many of those issues revolve around benefits. Here are the most common that organizations typically...more
COVID-19 continues to throw us curveballs. While some states that were continuing on their path to recovery are having to backtrack, others have managed to temporarily halt the progression of COVID-19 and are proceeding as...more
Pokemon Go has taken the world by storm. Last week, several blogs discussed what employers can do to limit the effect of the game on the workplace. HR Morning advised looking at information technology and social media...more
There has been an explosion of participant disclosure requirements for group health plans in recent years. While health care reform created some of these new requirements, many of them became effective years earlier. For busy...more
When your company uncovers evidence that an employee misappropriated trade secrets it must act swiftly. The company may want to fire the employee to protect itself from the potentially devastating consequences. But how can...more
Retirement plan fiduciaries should consider the following best practices to improve their plan’s governance in 2014: (i) if fiduciary duties have been delegated, make certain that the delegations are in writing and are being...more