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[Guidance Overview]
Chart of 2012 IRS HSA Limits
"Starting in 2007, the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 . . . requires that the IRS release the upcoming year's new HSA limits prior to June 1st." (Kushner & Company)


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[Guidance Overview]
Issues Regarding Adult-Children Coverage Under the PPACA (PDF)
This . . . column focuses on two key questions regarding the coverage of adult children under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). (Groom Law Group)

[Guidance Overview]
IRS's Guidance on Form W-2 Reporting for Health Coverage Costs (PDF)
"The reporting requirement has a number of implications for employers: The penalties for failure to comply with the new requirement are the same as those applicable to W-2 reporting generally, which range between $30 and $100 per W-2, depending on the length of time the employer fails to comply, with capped penalties for small businesses." (Alston & Bird LLP)

More Cancer Survivors Returning to Work
"One huge challenge facing HR and benefits professionals is how best to implement the different types of leave needed to keep cancer patients as productive as possible for as long as possible." (Human Resource Executive Online)

Comments Requested on Employer Mandates under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
"Notice 2011-36 does not provide guidance; it instead furnishes employers, their professional advisors, and other interested parties with an important opportunity to have their ideas heard at the early stages of the rulemaking process. This client advisory explains the key features of Notice 2011-36 and how it may impact the auto-enrollment, employer shared responsibility, and waiting period rules." (Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.)

Benefits in General; Executive Compensation

Including Executive Compensation Information on Your Corporate Web Site
"I encourage readers to take a look at the suggestion and examples in this article, 'Communicating executive pay information on the web,' by Dominic Jones, on the IR Web Report [at http://irwebreport.com/20110126/communicating-executive-pay-information-on-the-web]." (Michael S. Melbinger via Winston & Strawn LLP)

Media Briefing: Understanding the Annual Reports of the Social Security and Medicare Trustees
Download the mp3 of this briefing (11:17) (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)

Employee Ownership Update for May 16, 2011
NCEO Executive Director Loren Rodgers discusses new research on the impact of employee ownership, the state of employee ownership in the European Union, encouragement for employee ownership in South Africa, executive compensation at Publix, and a new chair at the ESOP Association. (National Center for Employee Ownership)

Press Releases

The Employee Benefits Security Administration is presenting a Free HIPAA and Other Health Benefits Laws: Compliance Assistance Seminar -- June 28-29, 2011 in Raleigh, NC.

Pre-registration is required and seats are allocated based on a first-come basis.

Presented by DOL, EBSA [Advert.]

Employee Benefits Jobs

Defined Contrib Analyst II
for The Standard in OR

Sales Consultant
for Benetech, Inc. in CO, DC, DE, MD, MO, OR, PA, WA

Defined Contrib Analyst III
for The Standard in OH

Attorney - Benefits Law
for The Home Depot in GA

Health and Welfare Benefit Specialist
for Swerdlin & Company in GA

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Webcasts and Conferences

COBRA Compliance Workshop
in Utah on June 14, 2011 presented by U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)

Form 5500 Reporting Update
Nationwide on June 2, 2011 presented by Lorman Education Services

Healthy Employees Can Change Your Business - A Global Employer Case Study
in Illinois on May 26, 2011 presented by WEB - Chicago West

HIPAA and Other Health Benefits Laws: Compliance Assistance Seminar
in California on August 3, 2011 presented by U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)

HIPAA and Other Health Benefits Laws: Compliance Assistance Seminar
in Idaho on August 24, 2011 presented by U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)

Meeting Your Fiduciary Responsibilities Under ERISA
Nationwide on July 19, 2011 presented by Lorman Education Services

Pharmacy Benefit Plans: Strategies to Control Costs
Nationwide on June 8, 2011 presented by Lorman Education Services

Smoking Discrimination in the Workplace: On and Off the Clock
Nationwide on July 12, 2011 presented by Lorman Education Services

Strategies for Managing Your Company's Global Benefits Program
Nationwide on May 16, 2011 presented by Lorman Education Services

Understanding the Impact of Health Care Reform on Employers
in New York on May 17, 2011 presented by Lorman Education Services

Understanding the Impact of Health Care Reform on Employers
in New York on June 9, 2011 presented by Lorman Education Services

Understanding the Impact of Health Care Reform on Employers
in Ohio on June 15, 2011 presented by Lorman Education Services

Understanding the Impact of Health Care Reform on Employers
in Texas on June 16, 2011 presented by Lorman Education Services

Understanding the Impact of Health Care Reform on Employers
in Vermont on June 23, 2011 presented by Lorman Education Services

Understanding the Impact of Health Care Reform on Employers
in Pennsylvania on June 23, 2011 presented by Lorman Education Services

Understanding the Impact of Health Care Reform on Employers
in Pennsylvania on June 29, 2011 presented by Lorman Education Services


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