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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: As we previously reported, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”) into law on March 11, 2021, which, among other things, mandates that employers provide 100 percent COBRA premium subsidies to eligible employees (“Assistance Eligible Individuals” or “AEIs”) and their qualified beneficiaries from April 1, 2021, through September 30, 2021 (“Subsidy Period”). An AEI is an employee who has experienced ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: As we previously reported, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”), a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, into law on March 11, 2021, which, among other things, mandates that employers provide 100 percent COBRA premium subsidies to eligible employees (“Assistance Eligible Individuals” or “AEIs”) and their qualified beneficiaries from April 1, 2021, through September 30, 2021 (“Subsidy Period”). ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month was no exception. In fact, there were so many significant developments taking place during the past month that we were once again forced to expand our monthly summary well beyond the typical “Top 10” list...

Wednesday, April 21, 2021 As described in our March 15, 2021 update, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “Act”) created a temporary, 100% subsidy for assistance-eligible individuals’ premium payments for continuation health care coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (“COBRA”), harkening back to past relief subsidizing COBRA continuation coverage under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. On April 7, 2021 the Departm...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: As discussed in our prior post, under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, certain individuals who are eligible for COBRA coverage as a result of an involuntary ‎termination of employment or reduction in hours may be eligible to receive a 100% subsidy for ‎COBRA coverage for a six-month period beginning April 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021 (“COBRA Premium Subsidy”).  Last week, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) release...

The Department of Labor (“ FAQs”) about COBRA Premium Assistance under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ ARPA”). In addition to issuing the FAQs, the DOL issued model notices and announced a new website dedicated to the COBRA premium subsidy under ARPA, which can be found at the following link: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/laws-and-regulations/laws/cobra/premium-subsidy. The COBRA subsidy provisions of ARPA have three major components: It provides up to six months of fully su...

The Department of Labor (" FAQs") about COBRA Premium Assistance under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (" ARPA").  In addition to issuing the FAQs, the DOL issued model notices and announced a new website dedicated to the COBRA premium subsidy under ARPA, which can be found at the following link: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/laws-and-regulations/laws/cobra/premium-subsidy. The COBRA subsidy provisions of ARPA have three major components: It provides up to six months of fully subsidi...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: As discussed in a previous alert, The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provides 100% subsidized premiums for health care continuation coverage under COBRA for eligible individuals and their dependents.   The subsidized premiums are available from April 1, 2021, through September 30, 2021 (the “Premium Assistance Period”), unless earlier terminated as discussed below. The Department of Labor (DOL) was charged with preparing model n...

The newest relief legislation passed during the COVID-19 pandemic is the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The new law contains several human resources provisions that went into effect on April 1 and will continue through September 30, 2021.

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On April 7, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued welcome guidance–including eagerly-anticipated model notices–to help employers and their COBRA administrators implement the temporary six-month (April 1 to September 30, 2021) COBRA premium subsidy provided under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARP”) with respect to certain individuals who have lost or who will lose employer-sponsored group health coverage due ...