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[Guidance Overview]
"Plan sponsors now have a statutory obligation to ensure the comparative analyses are performed and should follow up with their TPAs and take steps internally, as necessary, to ensure they are ready to demonstrate compliance with these new requirements." 
Morgan Lewis
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[Guidance Overview]
"The rules would allow employers to offer employees only de minimis incentives for participating in a wellness program. However, there are some significant exceptions, including one that would allow employers to offer employees an incentive of up to 30 percent of the total cost of coverage, if the incentive is in connection with a health-contingent insurance plan." 
K&L Gates
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[Guidance Overview]
"Congress has passed and President Trump has signed legislation that amends the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) to require HHS, in enforcing HIPAA, to consider whether HIPAA covered entities (CEs) or business associates (BAs) have implemented and applied certain recognized security practices -- including with regard to cybersecurity[.]" 
Thomson Reuters Practical Law
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[Guidance Overview]
"When tackling FFCRA in 2021, keep in mind two critical principles: FFCRA has always provided for a maximum of 2 weeks/80 hours of emergency paid sick leave (EPSL) and a maximum of 12 weeks of emergency paid FMLA (EFML) between April 1, 2020 and March 31, 2021. No more. As of January 1, 2021, FFCRA effectively has become a tax credit statute. Its substantive provisions no longer are enforceable." 
FMLA Insights
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[Guidance Overview]
"Plan sponsors should take note that FSA plans cannot include both a carryover and a grace period extension feature. Plan sponsors should also keep in mind that employees are prevented during any health FSA carryover or grace period from contributing to a health savings account (HSA). In order to maintain flexibility for employees who may wish to move to an HDHP/HSA arrangement at year-end, plan sponsors offering a carryover or grace period may find it beneficial to convert the health FSA of such an employee to a limited-purpose health FSA or in the case of carryovers, permit a waiver by the employee." 
Nelson Mullins
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[Guidance Overview]
"As of January 1, 2021, employers should have begun withholding employee contributions (0.5% of each paycheck) to the Connecticut Paid Leave Authority Trust Fund. March 31, 2021 -- first quarterly payment due date. June 30, 2021 -- second quarterly payment due date. September 30, 2021 -- third quarterly payment due date. Late 2021 -- employees may apply for benefits." 
The Wagner Law Group
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[Guidance Overview]
"The HCRA imposes on 'electing' health claim payers -- including self-funded plans -- an annual [covered lives arrangement (CLA)], which is based on the number of covered individuals (and families) who live in New York. The state lets payers 'elect' to pay the CLA per covered individual directly to the state's Professional Educational Pool.... The CLA rates and surcharges vary among eight regions, and the applicable rate depends on where the covered individual resides or receives in-state hospital care." 
Mercer
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Benefits in General
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[Guidance Overview]
"In addition to extending certain tax filing and tax payment deadlines, the postponements addressed in this guidance include completion of the many time-sensitive, tax-related acts described in IRS Revenue Procedure 2018-58 and Treasury Regulation 301.7508A-1(c)(1), which include filing Form 5500 for retirement plans, completing rollovers, making retirement plan loan payments, etc." 
Ascensus
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