BenefitsLink Health & Welfare Plans Newsletter
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[Guidance Overview]
Employee's FMLA Claim Dismissed After Taking Trip to Cancun
"It is worth comparing this case with the Tayag v. Lahey Clinic Hospital, in which an FMLA claim was dismissed after the employee traveled to the Philippines to meet with a faith healer and spend significant time visiting family."
(Franczek Radelet PC)
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[Guidance Overview]
W-2 Reporting for Health Coverage Costs Starts in 2012
"Starting in 2012, employers sponsoring health benefits must track the cost of each employee's health coverage during the calendar year and report that amount on Form W-2, with the first reports generally due in January 2013."
(Mercer)
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Many On-the-Job Clinics Offer Primary Care
"Until the 1980s, workplace health clinics generally existed to treat people who were injured on the job. Although that is still a key function, many employers are expanding the clinics' role to include primary health-care services."
(Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)
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Gaining Equal Benefits Is About More Than the Money for G.ay Employees
"Most heterosexuals take for granted that they can add a spouse or children to their employer's health plan. But g.ay employees with partners have that option only if they work for an organization that offers domestic partner coverage."
(The New York Times; free registration required)
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Press Releases
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The Employee Benefits Security Administration is presenting a Free HIPAA and Other Health Benefits Laws: Compliance Assistance Seminar -- August 24-25, 2011 in Boise, ID.
Pre-registration is required and seats are allocated based on a first-come basis.
Presented by DOL, EBSA [Advert.]
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Employee Benefits Jobs
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Webcasts and Conferences
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