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'Organizations will have to scramble to comply with federal legislation providing a subsidy of COBRA health insurance premiums to laid-off employees.
Under the new legislation, the subsidies will be available starting March 1. This means you will have to notify eligible beneficiaries of the change in what they have to pay for COBRA and send out new premium statements almost immediately.
The new provisions include:- Employees who were laid off from September 1, 2008, through December 31, 2009, will be eligible for a 65 percent federal subsidy of their COBRA premiums under provisions in the economic stimulus bill.
- Workers who were involuntarily terminated between September 1, 2008, and who did not sign up for COBRA, will get also an additional 60 days to do so and receive the subsidy.
With the subsidy resulting in beneficiaries paying about one-third of the COBRA premium that typically has a monthly cost of about $400 for individual coverage and $1,200 for family coverage, employers with laid-off employees should expect the take-up rate to skyrocket!
Learning Objectives
Learn what the new provisions require and how to remain COBRA compliant in this 75-minute teleconference.
During this must-attend event, our faculty expert will help you:- Understand all of the details included in COBRA changes
- Implement the changes into policies and procedures
- Determine who is eligible and who is not
- Comply with COBRA notification policies
- Know what to include in notification forms
- Change other communication materials to remain compliant
- Adopt reasonable procedures for qualified beneficiaries
- Manage payroll taxes and government reimbursements
Featured Faculty:
Linda E. Rosenzweig, Of Counsel, Keightley & Ashner LLP
Linda E. Rosenzweig, who is Of Counsel to Keightley & Ashner LLP and serves as the firm’s Senior Benefits Counsel, has been practicing in the area of employee benefits and employment law for more than 30 years. Linda''s employee benefits experience includes designing plans, advising clients in connection with issues arising under ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code, COBRA, and HIPAA, and representing clients in benefits litigation and before Federal agencies on various issues. Her broad-based practice covers the entire range of employee benefits matters, including tax and labor issues, fiduciary issues, and multiemployer plan issues. She conducts training for in-house staff in charge of plan administration and works with clients to achieve compliance for retirement, health and other welfare benefits plans, such as those relating to COBRA and HIPAA. Linda’s knowledge and experience also extend to the federal employment discrimination laws, Medicare secondary payer rules, and mergers and acquisitions. In addition, she handled litigation on behalf of the PBGC''s Title IV plan termination program, including issues of employer liability for plans terminating in or outside of a bankruptcy proceeding, and served as the Executive Assistant to the General Counsel at the PBGC.
Linda is the President of the Greater Washington Metropolitan Area Chapter of the Worldwide Employee Benefits (“WEB”) Network, and a member of the Steering Committee of the Greater Washington Employer Benefit and Work/Life Survey. She is a Charter Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, and was a member of its Northeast Region Nominating Committee for 2008. Linda is the 2001 recipient of the American Bar Association''s Edmund S. Muskie Pro Bono Award, which she received for her work as the founder and Director of a Pilot Pension Dispute Resolution Project.
Linda was the Chair of the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Interest Group of the American Bar Association Health Section, and the Section’s Liaison to the ABA''s Joint Committee on Employee Benefits. In addition, Linda previously served for two terms as the Chair of the Employee Benefits Committee of the ABA''s Tort and Insurance Practice Section. She is listed as a Recommended Lawyer in Global Counsel 3000 and the PLC Which lawyer? Yearbook 2008.
Linda has published numerous articles and was the author of the COBRA Handbook (Second Edition) and the Pension Answer Book (Fifth Edition). She has spoken nationally on all aspects of employee benefits, including COBRA compliance, fiduciary obligations, compensation of service provider issues, preemption of state laws, age and sex discrimination, and participant communications.'
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