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- EEOC Revises Its "Equal Employment Opportunity Is the Law" Poster to Address ADA Amendments and GINA
- From the November 05, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The EEOC has revised its “Equal Opportunity is the Law” poster, which employers must post to notify employees of current federal employment discrimination laws prohibiting job discrimination based on race, color, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, religion, age, ...
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- DOL's Expedited Review of Health Plan's Denial of ARRA COBRA Premium Subsidy Upheld by Court
- From the November 05, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The union-sponsored health plan in this case denied an individual’s request to receive the 65% COBRA premium subsidy available for “assistance eligible individuals” under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The plan ...
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- Court Refuses to Impose Separate Penalties for Multiple Beneficiaries Affected by a Single COBRA Notice Violation
- From the November 05, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- After the employee in this case was terminated, his employer sent him a timely COBRA election notice. Believing that it was legally inadequate because it was missing certain information, the employee wrote “void” on it and sent it ...
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- IRS Releases 2009 Form 2441 and Instructions
- From the November 05, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has released Form 2441 (“Child and Dependent Care Expenses”) and its accompanying instructions for the 2009 tax year. Form 2441 is a dual-purpose form. Taxpayers file it with Form 1040 to determine the amount of ...
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- FTC Delays Its Enforcement of Identity Theft Red Flags Rule Until June 2010
- From the November 05, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that it is delaying its enforcement of the Identity Theft Red Flags Rule until June 1, 2010. The Rule, which was issued jointly by six federal agencies, requires financial institutions and creditors with &#...
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- Can members of our company's board of directors participate in our cafeteria plan?
- From the October 29, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: I’ve been asked whether members of our company’s board of directors can participate in our cafeteria plan. Can we allow this? ANSWER: Generally, no, although there is a special rule for certain “dual status&#...
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- DOL Issues Additional FAQs on Schedule C for 2009 Form 5500
- From the October 29, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has issued 25 additional FAQs concerning the Schedule C disclosures for 2009 and later plan years. This guidance supplements a set of 40 FAQs issued last year. (See our Checkpoint Newsstand article.) Generally, both pension plans and those ...
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- New Law Expands FMLA Leave Rights for Employees Who Are Relatives of Veterans and Members of the Armed Forces
- From the October 29, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The President has signed defense-related legislation that includes amendments to the FMLA’s provisions regarding qualifying exigency leave and covered servicemember leave for employees who are relatives of servicemembers. Here are highlights of the changes that are likely ...
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- HHS Issues Interim Final Rule to Conform HIPAA Enforcement Regulations to HITECH Act Penalty Revisions
- From the October 29, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- HHS has issued an interim final rule to conform HIPAA’s enforcement regulations to statutory revisions made by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. The HITECH Act, which was enacted as part of the ...
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- Is there a new requirement to encrypt all electronic PHI under HIPAA?
- From the October 22, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company sponsors a self-insured health plan and, as part of our risk analysis under HIPAA’s security rule, we decided to rely on firewalls and other access controls to make electronic PHI inaccessible, as opposed to ...
