As is now well known both in and outside of the legal community, the Supreme Court of the United States recently decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, where the Court analyzed a Mississippi law that restricted...more
7/22/2022
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Health Insurance ,
Interstate Commerce ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Roe v Wade ,
Whistleblowers
Under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), which was passed by Congress on March 11, 2021, the cost of health insurance coverage pursuant to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (“COBRA”) is...more
4/15/2021
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Forms ,
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Notice Requirements ,
Premium Subsidies ,
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The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, signed on March 11, 2021, requires employers to fully subsidize COBRA for certain eligible individuals. Eligible individuals consist of employees and their spouses and dependents who lost...more
3/30/2021
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Health Insurance ,
Notice Requirements ,
Premium Subsidies ,
Relief Measures
On May 17, 2016, the EEOC issued final regulations on employer-sponsored wellness programs under both the ADA and GINA. Wellness programs have been discussed on this blog before, so I’ll skip the backgrounder. Suffice it to...more
5/26/2016
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Notice Requirements ,
Tobacco-Cessation ,
Wellness Programs
This is the third and final part of a series on traps for the unwary in preparing information returns required under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Part one of the series included the information-return deadlines. Part two...more
Beginning in 2015, certain applicable large employers may be assessed a payment as part of the “employer shared responsibility” provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Payment is assessable if the employer either (1)...more