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COBRA
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Your ERISA Watch
Happy Holidays from Your ERISA Watch
Lubin v. Starbucks Corp., No. 21-11215, __ F.4th __, 2024 WL 5113125 (11th Cir. Dec. 16, 2024) (Before Circuit Judges Lagoa, Brasher, and Tjoflat) Your ERISA Watch is celebrating the…
Compensation & Benefits Blog
Interaction between COBRA and Medicare in C-Suite Executive Severance and Retirement Arrangements
By Tyler Forni, Katrina McCann, David B. Teigman
Both companies and their C-suite executives should be mindful of the interactions between COBRA and Medicare and their implications when negotiating a severance or retirement arrangement. This is because Medicare…
Benefits Law Update
A Primer on COBRA Continuation Coverage for Health Care Flexible Spending Accounts
It is a common practice for employers to offer employees a health care flexible spending account (“Health FSA”) option under a cafeteria plan. However, employers (and their COBRA administrators) may…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Illinois Court Rules that Employee Data Theft May Not Be “Gross Misconduct” Precluding COBRA Coverage
By Anne Hall
In Johnson v. City of Kewanee, 2023 WL 8091963 (C.D. Ill. 2023), a married couple filed suit after the city fired them for allegedly stealing data and deleting over 55,000 files from…
Benefits Law Update
Retiree Medical Coverage: Just Get the COBRA Waiver
The interaction between employer-provided retiree medical coverage and COBRA[1] is complex. Many employers incorrectly assume they do not have to offer COBRA at retirement if they offer a retiree medical…
Benefits Law Advisor
The National Emergency Ends…. But Wait, There’s More!
We previously wrote about President Biden’s announcement to end the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) and National Emergency (NE) periods on May 11, 2023, and the practical ramifications for employer…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
New Guidance Helps Employers Navigate End of the COVID-19 Emergency Orders
By Publisher, Hillary M. Sizer
As employers plan for the impact of the anticipated May 11, 2023, end of the two federal COVID-19 emergency orders, they have some important new clarity on test and vaccine…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Costco Settles COBRA Notice Language Suit for $750,000, Admits No Liability
By Anne Hall
Costco Wholesale Corp. and plaintiff John G. Baja asked a Florida federal district court to approve their $750,000 settlement in a proposed class-action lawsuit, challenging the retail giant’s allegedly deficient…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Employer’s Failure to Time Provide COBRA Election Notice Results in Retroactive Coverage and Penalties
By Anne Hall
In Buford v. General Motors, L.L.C., case number 4:16-CV-14465-TGB-MKM, the U.S. District Court of Michigan ruled that General Motors violated COBRA election notice requirements when it failed to timely provide…
Benefits Law Advisor
A Brief Status Report On COBRA
The normal difficulties that employers have adhering to the technical requirements of COBRA have been exacerbated during the past two years as COBRA rules were changed to recognize the complications…