4/4/2013
8:33AM
COBRA/USERRA | FMLA | HIPAA | HR/Employer Services | Medicare | Payroll | SPDs/ERISA Compliance
Whether it looks like it outside or not, spring officially arrived on March 20. While we normally associate this change in season to spring cleaning our homes, it is also a good time to spring clean the company’s records.
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1/10/2013
8:36AM
COBRA/USERRA | SPDs/ERISA Compliance
It’s among the worst nightmares a benefits administrator can have: an online enrollment glitch arbitrarily changes some eligibility rules that cannot be altered.
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11/13/2012
9:25AM
HR/Employer Services | SPDs/ERISA Compliance
Question: What do ERISA and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) have in common when it comes to wrongful termination claims?
Answer: The best defense is good employer documentation.
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9/25/2012
9:06AM
SPDs/ERISA Compliance
Third in a three-part series
The well-known saying – “if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, then it is a duck” – applies to determining whether a plan is an ERISA group health plan (GHP).
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ERISA group health plan, GHP, ERISA, Health Savings Accounts, voluntary benefits, medical, surgical hospital care, benefits, reimbursement, cafeteria plans, FSA, transportation plans, dental, vision, prescription, HRA, EAP, wellness, on-site medical clinics, DOL, IRS, Form 8928
9/18/2012
9:20AM
SPDs/ERISA Compliance
Second in a three-part series
The 1960s movie Cool Hand Luke has a recurring statement: “What we have here is a failure to communicate.” Unfortunately, some ERISA plans suffer from the same failure.
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ERISA Plans, disclosure requirements, plan document, Certificate of Insurance, fiduciary, wrap document, Summary Plan Description, SPD, COBRA, Summary of Material Modifications, SMM, Summary of Benefits and Coverage, SBC, open enrollment, Form 5500, Summary Annual Reports, SAR, HIPAA
