by Suzanne Bach | November 2, 2020 | Compliance Services, The Coronavirus, Uncategorized
Federal regulators have issued rules supplying the first interpretive gloss on the group health plan coverage mandate, imposed by Congressional legislation last spring, to provide coronavirus vaccines with no cost sharing. Consistent with the legislation, the new...
by Ed Fensholt | October 5, 2020 | Compliance Services, Reporting and Disclosure, Tax Issues, The Coronavirus, Uncategorized
The IRS has again (as it has in past years) extended the deadline to furnish Forms 1095-C to Affordable Care Act (ACA) full-time employees. The Service has moved the deadline to furnish the forms for 2020 from Jan. 31 to March 2, 2021. The deadlines for filing those...
by Lisa L. Carlson | August 27, 2020 | Compliance Services, FMLA, The Coronavirus, Uncategorized
Updated Aug. 28, 2020 with additional DOL guidance released after original publication With the new school year upon us, parents are faced with new child care concerns due to the continued risk of COVID-19 transmission and varying approaches to that risk by different...
by Suzanne Bach | August 10, 2020 | Compliance Services, DOL, Paid Leave Laws, The Coronavirus, Uncategorized
Government contractors performing work on contracts governed by the Service Contract Act (SCA) or Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA) received some welcome news this week when the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL-WHD) issued guidance exempting...
by Suzanne Bach | June 25, 2020 | EEOC, The Coronavirus
As the economy regains its footing after an unprecedented three months of coronavirus-related lockdowns, businesses that furloughed or laid off employees, or mandated they work from home, are implementing return-to-work plans. Those plans typically involve some form...
by Ethan McWilliams and Suzanne Bach | May 6, 2020 | ERISA, The Coronavirus
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, welfare benefits insurers have realized something of a windfall. They’ve collected premiums for several weeks during which time, due to shelter-in-place orders, employees and their dependents have canceled medical, dental and...