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BenefitsLink Health & Welfare Plans Newsletter
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[Guidance Overview]
Court Agrees CUNA Mutual Has Right to Change Benefits
"In a 2–1 decision, the appellate panel noted that CUNA Mutual's health care plan does not promise vested benefits, and each version has contained a clause reserving its right to modify or eliminate the benefit."
(PLANSPONSOR.COM)
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[Guidance Overview]
Summary Chart of Health Plan Excise Taxes
"[The target page provides a link to a chart in which the author attempted to accurately] summarize excise tax provisions that apply to a variety of group health plan errors including COBRA and HIPAA violations, and violation of PPACA requirements including nondiscrimination rules . . . ."
(E Is for ERISA)
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[Guidance Overview]
Mandatory Paid Sick Leave for Connecticut Workers
"The Act applies to employers that had 50 or more employees in Connecticut in any quarter of the previous year. This is determined annually on January 1 and is based on the employer's quarterly reports to the Connecticut Administrator of Unemployment Compensation."
(McguireWoods LLP)
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COBRA Program Subsidies to Expire at End of August
"The subsidy had a dramatic effect on COBRA enrollment. A study conducted last year by Hewitt Associates Inc.—later acquired by Aon Corp.—found that the COBRA take-up rate among terminated employees working for large employers roughly doubled after the subsidy was available."
(Business Insurance)
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