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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 a “qualifying event,” which is either an “involuntary termination” or a “reduction of hour...

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”). ARPA also creates a series of complicated notice requirements, each with different timelines, which ...

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. In order to make sure that you stay on top of the latest changes, here is a quick review of the To...

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 Department of Labor released four model notices (available here) employers and plan administrators may use...

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”) released “frequently asked questions” (FAQs) and model notices related to the COBRA Premium Subsidy. FA...