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Department of Labor Required Reporting Guide

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) published a Reporting and Disclosure Guide for Employee Benefit Plans. This guide may be ...
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Question of the Week

Q.- Do we need to send a COBRA notice to teachers when they go on summer break? They are not working but we do continue their health coverage.
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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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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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Question of the Week

Q.- We employ only 7 employees, but we do offer them health coverage. We have an insured plan. Do we have to let them continue our health coverage when they terminate ...
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CCS Quality Standards

Benefit Allocation Systems, LLC (“BAS”) has been offering COBRA administrative services for over 22 years. In 2004, BAS established Cobra Control Services, LLC (“CCS”), ...
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Question of the Week

Q.- A former employee elected COBRA starting January 1. He received payment coupons. He mailed payment for January and March, but not February. Can he pick the months ...
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National Emergency and Extensions Continue

President Biden announced an extension to the National Emergency concerning the COVID-19 Pandemic. According to the White House, “The COVID-19 pandemic continues to ...
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Question of the Week

Q.- Our company is being acquired. It will not be announced to employees until the sale is final, which is expected 3/15. The majority of our employees will remain on ...
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