• Benefits Weekly Digest – October 13, 2020

    • October 13, 2020
    • Posted by: Renee Crissie
    • Category: All, Compliance, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Human Resources
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    HHS Renews COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Determination Affecting Group Health Plans / No Extension of Time to Provide Medicare Part D Notices / Text of Executive Order: An America-First Healthcare Plan / What is a Typical Open Enrollment Period? / Supreme Court to Hear ERISA Preemption Dispute / 2020 ERISA Welfare Plan Checklist for Participant Disclosures

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  • Benefits Bulletin – Extended Deadline for ACA Reporting, Final Extension of Good Faith Reporting Relief

    • October 12, 2020
    • Posted by: Renee Crissie
    • Category: All, Compliance, Employee Benefits, Health Care Reform, Human Resources
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    On Oct. 2, 2020, IRS Notice 2020-76 extended the due date for furnishing forms to individuals under Sections 6055 and 6056 for 2020 to March 2, 2021. This Notice also provides a final extension of good-faith transition relief from penalties related to 2020 ACA reporting and provides additional penalty relief related to failures to furnish

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  • HR Weekly Digest – October 6, 2020

    • October 12, 2020
    • Posted by: Renee Crissie
    • Category: All, Compliance, Employee Benefits, Human Resources
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    SEC Approves Amendments to Whistleblower Program Rules and Issues Interpretive Guidance / Election Day is Fast Approaching – Have You Prepared? / OFCCP Opens Hotline for Complaints of Race and Sex Stereotyping in Workplace Training / Adjusting to New Economic Realities: Department of Labor Proposes Worker Classification Test / Managing Intermittent FMLA Leave to Support

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  • Benefits Brief – Open Enrollment Checklist – October 2020

    • October 12, 2020
    • Posted by: Renee Crissie
    • Category: All, Compliance, Employee Benefits, Human Resources
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    For employers operating their group health and welfare plans beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2021, now is the time of the year to prepare for open enrollment.  Typically, the focus is on evaluating the services and performance of vendors, renewing rates, and considering design changes.  In addition to these items, employers need to address

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  • Benefits Weekly Digest – September 29, 2020

    • October 12, 2020
    • Posted by: Renee Crissie
    • Category: All, Compliance, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Human Resources
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    Administration Finalizes Drug Importation Plans, But Legal and Practical Questions Remain / October 14 Is the Last Day to Provide Medicare Part D Notice of Creditable (or Non-Creditable) Coverage / Tracking Telehealth Changes State-by-State in Response to COVID-19 / Employer May Be Held Liable for Service Provider’s Error / Health Insurer Pays $6.85 Million to

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  • HR Bulletin – Family First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) Regulation Revisions

    • September 29, 2020
    • Posted by: Renee Crissie
    • Category: All, Compliance, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Human Resources
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    The U.S. Department of Labor has revised its regulations implementing the paid employee leave requirements of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The revisions were undertaken in response to a federal court decision vacating parts of the regulations. This HR Bulletin summarizes the revisions, which took effect on September 16, 2020.

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  • HR Weekly Digest – September 21, 2020

    • September 24, 2020
    • Posted by: Renee Crissie
    • Category: All, Compliance, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Human Resources
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    DOL Announces Revisions to FFCRA That Will Seriously Impact Healthcare Providers / U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Updates Guidance for Employers on COVID-19 and EEO Laws / Federal Judge Strikes Down Department of Labor Joint Employer Rule / Ministerial Exemption Does Not Bar Hostile Work Environment Claim For Gay Church Employee / OSHA Updates Rule on

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  • Benefits Weekly Digest – September 15, 2020

    • September 15, 2020
    • Posted by: Renee Crissie
    • Category: All, Compliance, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Human Resources
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    Health Care Costs for 2020 Likely to Be Lower Than Expected  /  Impact of the COBRA Extension Interim Final Rule  /  Compendium of State Regulatory Materials for Health Insurance Operations and Coverage Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic  /  HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates Need an IT Asset Inventory List, OCR Recommends  /   COVID-19 Could

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  • HR Weekly Digest – September 8, 2020

    • September 9, 2020
    • Posted by: Renee Crissie
    • Category: All, Compliance, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Human Resources
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    Questions Remain After IRS Issues Initial Guidance on Temporary Deferral of Employee Payroll Tax Obligations  /  COVID-19: Proposed Safe to Work Act Would Provide Businesses Broad COVID-19 Liability Protections / Reasonable, Not Required: DOL Says IRS Mileage Rate Is Not Only Expense Reimbursement Method  /  A “Reason to Believe”: DOL Says the Obligation to Determine Remote Employees’ Hours

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  • Acrisure Agency Partner Webinar – Understanding the FFCRA – Sept. 10, 2020

    • September 8, 2020
    • Posted by: Renee Crissie
    • Category: All, Compliance, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Human Resources, Webinars
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    Join us on Thursday, September 10, 2020, at 11:00 AM EDT for an important update on the FFCRA! Registration Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/197302273300543759 The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) came into effect on April 1, 2020, in an effort to provide relief to working Americans impacted by COVID-19 through Emergency Paid Sick Leave and Emergency FMLA

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