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Employer Recording Restriction Policies

Employers may wish to review policies that regulate expression in the workplace to make sure the policies have a legitimate business purpose. A policy of Whole Foods ...
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Question of the Week

  • mroshkoff@basusa.com
  • 21.11.2013
Q.- An employee does not cover her son as a dependent on our medical plan. May she still be reimbursed for his expenses under her health flexible spending account plan?
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Confirmation Email for COBRA Qualifying Event Notice

MyEnroll.com allows plan administrators and their designees to quickly and easily request COBRA qualifying event notices, 24 x 7.
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Data Security Risk Concern in Healthcare.gov

Data security experts are questioning the technological security of the Healthcare Exchange Website, www.healthcare.gov.
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Start Counting Your Employees

Health care reform requires employers with 50 or more full time equivalent employees to provide their employees with minimum essential health coverage or pay a penalty. ...
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Parity Required for Mental Health Benefits

Group health plans are not required to provide mental health or substance use disorder benefits, but plans that do provide such benefits may not impose financial or ...
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Question of the Week

  • mroshkoff@basusa.com
  • 14.11.2013
Q.- Should we be sending our COBRA notices by certified mail, return receipt requested?
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BAS Ready to Administer FSAs with New $500 Carryover Provision

The IRS revised the use-it-or-lose-it rule for health flexible spending accounts to allow employers to amend their plans to allow participants to carry over up to $500 ...
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BAS Prevents Information from Leaving System on Flash Drives

BAS makes security of client data its number one priority. BAS has a policy of not allowing any information to leave its computers via flash drive.
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California Requires Some Individual Plans to Continue for Additional ...

The news has been buzzing with clips of President Obama’s past statements indicating that Americans can keep their health coverage even with the implementation of health ...
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