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Employee benefits compliance for businesses
13 Feb, 2023
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By Elizabeth Kay 08 Jul, 2020
by Elizabeth Kay, Compliance and Retention Analyst with AEIS, Inc. July 2020 The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) was enacted to give employees the ability to continue their employer-sponsored health benefits if they were laid off or lost their job. Therefore employees who were terminated could continue their eligibility to be enrolled […]
By Elizabeth Kay 21 Sep, 2018
You have a business and it is growing – Congratulations! As your company grows and you hire more employees, there are milestones that you will hit.  Some of these milestones come with additional responsibilities that you need to attend to, such as Cobra, HCSO, FMLA, Sexual Harassment Prevention Training and the Affordability Care Act’s Large […]
By UBA 31 Aug, 2017
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) allows qualified beneficiaries who lose health benefits due to a qualifying event to continue group health benefits. The COBRA payment process is subject to various rules in terms of grace periods, notification, premium payment methods, and treatment of insignificant shortfalls. Grace Periods The initial premium payment […]
By UBA 18 Aug, 2017
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) requires employers to offer covered employees who lose their health benefits due to a qualifying event to continue group health benefits for a limited time at the employee’s own cost. The length of the COBRA coverage period depends on the qualifying event and is usually 18 […]
By UBA 04 Aug, 2017
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) requires group health plans to provide notices to covered employees and their families explaining their COBRA rights when certain events occur. The initial notice, also referred to as the general notice, communicates general COBRA rights and obligations to each covered employee (and his or her spouse) […]
checkboxes outlining COBRA qualifying events
By UBA 13 Jul, 2017
What is a COBRA qualifying event? Per regulation, qualifying events are specific events that cause or trigger an individual to lose health. Read more!
when cobra and fmla cross paths
By UBA 12 Nov, 2016
Confusion may arise when FMLA and COBRA cross paths. Today we seek to bring clarity to qualifying events, coverage period, and employee roles in premiums.
By Livestrong 04 Mar, 2016
www.livestrong.com Losing your job can result in losing more than income—you may also lose employer-sponsored health coverage. To help unemployed, uninsured Americans at risk for financial ruin in the event of a medical emergency, Congress in 1985 enacted the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act, also called COBRA. COBRA requires certain employers to allow former employees the […]
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