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Question of the Week

Q.- A former employee’s 18 months of COBRA will end 6/30/22. He will be going on Medicare 6/1/22. He thinks this is a second qualifying event and his spouse should be ...
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OCR Cyber Security Newsletter

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights quarterly newsletter provides helpful tips for defending against common cyber-attacks. According to ...
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Dependent Eligibility Verification Process

BAS can manage dependent eligibility for an employer to ensure only approved dependents are added to benefits. MyEnroll360 offers a complete and tightly knit dependent ...
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FMLA Assistance

The U.S. Department of Labor offers resources to help employers navigate compliance with the Family and Medical Leave Act. The Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. ...
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Opt-Out Payments & Affordability

Fiscal year plans may be approaching their annual enrollment period. Plans that want to offer an incentive for employees to opt-out of health coverage should consider ...
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Question of the Week

Q.- An employee complained to us that we didn’t withhold enough taxes from his paycheck and he had to pay a lot of taxes this year. How do we respond to him?
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Human Error Threat

Human error is a huge threat to security of employer systems, especially as employees continue to work remotely. Training a workforce in security protocol and practice ...
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Submitting Information for FSA Reimbursement

Employers using BAS for flexible spending account plan claim reimbursement management may wish to remind employees about the documentation needed to submit a claim. BAS ...
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Refunding Unused Qualified Transportation Plan Contributions

The IRS confirmed that unused compensation reduction contributions to a qualified parking plan may not be transferred to a flexible spending account or returned to an ...
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Review Offers of Coverage

Employers should review their offers of coverage to ensure full-time employees are being offered the opportunity to enroll in health benefits. It is important to note ...
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EEO-1 Component 1 Data Collection Filing

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has announced that the 2021 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection tool will open April 12, 2022. The deadline to submit and ...
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Question of the Week

Q.- We just started offering a high deductible health plan with a health savings account. One of our employees wants to change the HSA election amount he made during ...
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IRS Tax Security Warning

The IRS is warning people to be alert for online scams and schemes during tax season. They advise that cybersecurity protection and scam recognition is vitally important ...
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Reviewing Changes in MyEnroll360

MyEnroll360 offers reporting capabilities so administrators can view changes made to their employees’ records. These reports identify data changes during a specific ...
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Affiliated Companies & ACA

Applicable Large Employers (ALE) with 50 or more full-time employees must provide affordable, minimum value coverage to full-time employees and their dependents or be ...
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BAS Cares Supports Ukraine Relief

The BAS Cares Team partnered with the United Ukrainian American Relief Committee, Inc. (UUARC) to help support refugees and victims of the crisis in Ukraine. The UUARC, ...
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Premium Tax Credit Affordability Determination

The IRS issued a proposed rule which, if finalized, would change eligibility for the premium tax credit when purchasing coverage through the Marketplace. The new ...
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Question of the Week

Q.- A former employee had a COBRA qualifying event. His 60 days to elect continuation coverage ended last week. I heard that even though he didn’t elect COBRA within 60 ...
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Cost of Internet Crimes Increases

The Federal Bureau of Investigations’ Internet Crime Report identifies an “unprecedented” increase in cyber attacks and malicious cyber activity. The Internet Crime ...
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Equal Employment Opportunity and Federal Contractors

The U.S. Department of Labor issued a directive to promote enforcement of federal contractor compliance with equal employment opportunity laws.
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