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- Claim for Failure to Provide COBRA Notice Should Have Been Brought Under PHSA, Not ERISA
- From the March 18, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The employee in this case took FMLA leave. When she left, her work as payroll supervisor for a school was up-to-date, but when she returned from leave, she found that employee benefits reconciliations had not been completed in ...
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- DOL Posts New and Updated COBRA Premium Subsidy Notices; Updates Fact Sheet
- From the March 18, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has updated its COBRA Premium Reduction Fact Sheet and issued new and revised model COBRA notices that incorporate the changes made by the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (TEA), which recently extended through March 31, 2010 the eligibility ...
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- What procedures should our plan follow when it is required to make a distribution and the participant or beneficiary cannot be found?
- From the March 18, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: From time to time, our 401(k) plan has to make minimum distributions under Code Section 401(a)(9) to participants who have no valid address on file. Our plan also experiences problems locating beneficiaries when a participant dies. ...
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- IRS Information Letter Explains Rule Limiting Qualified Tuition Reductions to Education Below the Graduate Level
- From the March 18, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- In this recently released information letter, the IRS explains when a course will be considered “education below the graduate level” that qualifies for a nontaxable discount under the Code Section 117(d) exclusion for qualified tuition reductions. That ...
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- One-Time Severance Payment Was Not Subject to ERISA
- From the March 18, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The employee in this case sued his former employer in state court alleging that the employer had violated a written agreement to pay the employee a lump-sum payment upon the employee’s constructive discharge from employment. (Under the ...
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- HHS Announces Intent to Issue Additional Regulations Implementing the HITECH Act, Including Business Associate Liability
- From the March 18, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- HHS’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced on its website that it is continuing to work on regulations on the privacy and security provisions of the HITECH Act, passed as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment ...
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- IRS Releases Updated Version of Publication 463 on Travel, Entertainment, Gift, and Car Expenses
- From the March 11, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has released the latest version of Publication 463 (Travel, Entertainment, Gift, and Car Expenses), which is for use in preparing 2009 tax returns. This publication explains when employees and sole proprietors may deduct work-related travel, entertainment, gift, ...
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- Can an employee make a mid-year cafeteria plan election change on account of financial hardship?
- From the March 11, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: One of our employees elected to contribute $2,000 to his health FSA for 2010 to help pay for some anticipated dental work. He just bought a new house and now he says he can’t afford to ...
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- Insurance Company Not a Proper Defendant in ERISA Benefit Claim Lawsuit
- From the March 11, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The employee in this case sued her employer’s insured disability benefit plan and its disability insurance company to recover disability benefits. The insurance company asked the court to dismiss the employee’s claims against it because the ...
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- No Disability Extension for Employee Who Failed to Give Timely Notice of SSA Determination
- From the March 11, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The employee in this case was terminated a year after a nonwork-related disabling injury, and he and his spouse elected and paid for COBRA coverage for 18 months. The insurer for the employer’s group health plan accepted ...
