Topic
COBRA
146 published works
COVID-19 Workplace 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…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Court Dismisses Former Employee’s COBRA Claims
By Anne Hall
In McKenna v. ZO Skin Health, Inc., 2021 WL 4078291 (N.D. Ohio 2021), an employee sued two of her employers and their third party administrators (“TPA”) after she was denied…
Roberts Disability Law Blog
Fifth Circuit Holds That Employee’s Retirement Constitutes a “Qualifying Event” and Triggers Employer’s COBRA Notice Obligation
In Randolph v. E. Baton Rouge Par. Sch. Sys., No. 21-30022, __F.4th__, 2021 WL 5577014 (5th Cir. Nov. 30, 2021), involving a dispute over Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1985…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
IRS Clarifies Application of Deadline Extensions to COBRA
By By: Kristine M. Bingman, Hillary M. Sizer
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued some much-needed guidance surrounding the application of deadline extensions that the IRS and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) previously issued for initial…
HR Defense
Deadline Triggered as COBRA Premium Subsidy Ends
Employers and plans are reminded that they must provide a COBRA subsidy expiration notice no later than September 15, 2021, pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA).…
Employee Benefits
September 30, 2021 Marks the End of the COBRA Premium Subsidy – Don’t Overlook the Expiration Notice
As discussed in our prior posts here, here and here, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 provides a 100% COBRA premium subsidy for continuation coverage between April 1 and September 30,…
Carmody @ Work
COBRA Administrators Must Prepare and Send Final Rescue Plan Act Subsidy Notices by September 15th
By Mark Williams, Timothy S. Klimpl, Romania Morley
Plan administrators have until September 15, 2021 to distribute notices of the approaching end of the COBRA subsidy period under the American Rescue Plan Act (“Rescue Plan Act”), which by…
Employee Benefits Blog
IRS Provides Additional Guidance on COBRA Premium Subsidy
By Tvasil
On July 26, 2021, the IRS issued Notice 2021-46 (the “Notice”), which provides new guidance in the form of 11 questions and answers on the COBRA premium subsidy and the…
Southwest Florida Business and IP Blog
Employer Responsibilities under the Temporary Federal COBRA Subsidy
Sponsors of group health plans have new responsibilities following the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”) on March 11, 2021. Under ARPA, certain participants and beneficiaries of employer-sponsored…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
TaxFacts Intelligence June 3, 2021
Happy Summer, readers! This week’s newsletter is dedicated to helping clients—both employers and employees—maximize their health-related benefits and tax credits (even when those benefits are only available for a limited time).…