Benefits Newsletter: 5/28/21
With Employee Benefits & HR topics regularly in the news, it’s difficult to stay up to date. Our weekly newsletter will help you stay current. Check out this week's edition.
With Employee Benefits & HR topics regularly in the news, it’s difficult to stay up to date. Our weekly newsletter will help you stay current. Check out this week's edition.
As employers navigate the legal risks and logistics of return-to-work plans and employee vaccinations, this article explores considerations for increasing employee vaccine acceptance across their organizations.
This month's Benefits Buzz discusses the recently released FAQs and model notices for the COBRA premium assistance provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), as well as FAQs regarding the Consolidated Appropriations Act and mental health parity.
On April 26, 2021, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that its portal for employers to begin submitting equal employment opportunity (EEO) data from 2019 and and 2020 is now open. This Legal Update provides more information about the announcement.
On May 18, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2021-31 (the Notice), providing much-anticipated guidance regarding the COBRA premium assistance and tax credit provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). Under ARPA, group health plans subject to COBRA – including state continuation coverage laws – are required to provide free continuation coverage and expanded enrollment rights to those who qualify as assistance eligible individuals. To offset these costs, tax credits will be made available.
With Employee Benefits & HR topics regularly in the news, it’s difficult to stay up to date. Our weekly newsletter will help you stay current. Check out this week's edition.