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Employee Benefits Jobs

Daily Trader
for Mercer Advisors in AZ

Group Health Insurance Specialist
for Long Island Employee Benefits Group Ltd. in NY

Retirement Plan Specialist
for SVA Plumb Retirement Plan Services, LLC in WI

Mid-Level Health & Welfare Associate
for Mid-Size Washington DC Boutique Law Firm for Employee Benefits in DC

Plan Administrator
for The Newport Group in FL, TX, VA

Defined Contribution Retirement Manager
for Koch Business Solutions, LP in GA

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Webcasts and Conferences

2011 FORUM West Conference
in Colorado on September 15, 2011 presented by CDHC Solutions

Retirement Plan Insights
in Ohio on September 13, 2011 presented by McKay Hochman Co.

State of the Union - Tax-Advantaged Benefit Accounts Webinar
Nationwide on August 23, 2011 presented by FIS Healthcare Payment Solutions


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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)

[Guidance Overview]
New Guidance Under Early Retiree Reinsurance Program Provides Welcome Flexibility
"Plan sponsors are required to maintain their level of contributions for health benefits relative to a baseline year. The new guidance allows a plan sponsor to choose from a range of baseline years that include . . . ." (Employee Benefit News; free registration required)

[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)

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)

Parental Bereavement Act Latest in Series of Proposed Amendments to the FMLA
"The Act, as drafted, would permit an employee to take unpaid bereavement leave for the death of a child." (Delaware Employment Law Blog)

GAO Report on Long-Term Care Insurance: Carrier Interest in Federal Program, Changes to Its Actuarial Assumptions, and OPM Oversight
"In this report, GAO describes (1) factors affecting carriers' interest in FLTCIP, (2) how the actuarial assumptions used to set FLTCIP premiums have changed since the program's inception, and (3) OPM's oversight of actuarial assumptions and experience and program communications." (U.S. Government Accountability Office)

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