Compliance ✔- Updated Model COBRA Notices Released
The DOL updated COBRA notices with details about the interaction of Medicare. Employers must include the new information on the General/Initial Notice and the Election Notice. The Election Notice must be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the average...
Compliance ✔- DOL Adopts Revised Enforcement Policies for COVID-19
Updated 6/4/2020: OSHA recommends businesses take steps to protect workers. Doing so could prevent illness, temporary business closures and workers compensation claims. Multiple COVID-19 cases in a business could indicate the business did little to protect workers,...
Compliance ✔- IRS Mid-year Election Changes & Other COVID-19 Relief
In response to COVID-19 circumstances, the IRS issued cafeteria plan (Section 125) guidance notably permitting employees to make certain mid-year election changes during calendar year 2020 without a change in status or other qualifying event. This relief is...