Benefits Newsletter: 3/17/21
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.
This month's Benefits Breakdown covers prescription drugs pricing trends and voluntary benefits trends to watch in 2021.
Under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), group health plans sponsored by employers that employ an average of 20 or more employees are required to offer continuation coverage in specific circumstances. While the requirements imposed by COBRA are varied and complex, one of the most important issues for employer-sponsors to understand is what triggers the right to continuation coverage. One of these triggers, known as qualifying events, must occur for an individual to have rights to continued coverage under the health plan.
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.
On Feb. 26, 2021, the DOL issued Disaster Relief Notice 2021-01 to provide guidance on the duration of the COVID-19-related relief regarding certain employee benefit plan deadlines during the Outbreak Period. Although the relief was expected to expire on Feb. 28, 2021, this guidance allows it to extend beyond this date in some situations. This Benefits Bulletin provides an overview of the guidance in Notice 2021-01.
The Live Well, Work Well newsletter is an employee newsletter that is produced monthly and covers topics like health, wellness, fitness, nutrition and personal finance. This month's newsletter discusses the latest edition of Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the importance of sleep and how to properly clean your earbuds.