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Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act Employee Rights

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Recent Litigation Emphasizes the Importance of Using Correct COBRA Notices

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In Marrow v. E.R. Carpenter Co., Inc., a former employee filed a proposed class action lawsuit against her employer, claiming that the company’s group health plan failed to provide a proper COBRA election notice. The employee...more

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Eleventh Circuit Holds Arbitration Agreement Unenforceable Against Spouse of Former Employee

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In Lubin v. Starbucks Corp., the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals considered defendant Starbucks’ appeal of an order denying its motion to compel arbitration of the plaintiffs’ lawsuit alleging that Starbucks sent deficient...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Voluntary Buyouts: The Pros and Cons

Yesterday, the Trump Administration announced that it offered voluntary buyouts to over two million federal employees. Employees who voluntarily resign their position will receive payments equal to approximately eight months...more

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Employer Benefit Plan Assistance FAQs: California Wildfires

In the wake of the horrific wildfires in Los Angeles (which are ongoing as of today), employees based in the Los Angeles area may have questions about available support from employer-sponsored 401(k) plan accounts and other...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

COBRA-Related Litigation Trend: Advanced Preparation Is the Anti-Venom

Over the past two years, there has been a steady uptick of class action litigation alledging deficiencies in the notices that employers are required to provide under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985,...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

2019 ERISA Welfare Plan Checklist

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We recognize that many of our clients sponsor ERISA welfare benefit plans and are currently undergoing their open enrollment process and issuing related participant communications. To assist our clients with that process, we...more

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A Primer On Telemedicine And The Workplace

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Most people probably do not enjoy sitting in a doctor’s reception area with other coughing and sneezing people while waiting for an appointment, or devoting hours to getting a prescription refilled. The concept of...more

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Has the Affordable Care Act influenced COBRA? What if my employer fails to offer COBRA?

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Phoenix business law firm Jaburg Wilk's Employment law attorney Kraig Marton discusses how the Affordable Care Act has influenced or changed COBRA coverage. He also discusses what happens if a former employer fails to offer...more

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HEAL Advisory: New COBRA Model Notices and Coordination with Marketplace Enrollment

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On May 2, 2014, the U.S. Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services published a series of guidance and model notices clarifying the provision of health insurance to recently terminated employees. The Department of...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Action Items for Employers: Notice to Employees of Health Insurance Marketplace & Related Updates to COBRA Election Notices

As we have alerted you in the past, health care reform enacted in 2010 under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (referred to herein as “PPACA”) has imposed new obligations on employers and group health plans. One...more

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