On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) into law. Included in the nearly 250 pages of statutory text is a provision that provides certain individuals (called “Assistance Eligible Individuals” ...
The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania upheld federal regulations allowing employers with religious or moral objections to opt out of providing contraceptive ...
In what may spark a new trend in paid leave benefits, both legislative houses in the State of Maine have now passed a bill requiring most private employers to offer up to 40 hours of ...
The short-term spending bill signed by President Trump on Monday, January 22nd, ended the government shutdown, and also included another delay in the effective date of the Affordable Care Act’s excise tax on high cost ...
A new Supreme Court decision has answered the prayers of church-associated entities seeking relief from the regulatory requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Employee benefit plans, including defined benefit pension plans, are ...
On Thursday May 4, 2017, the House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act of 2017. The legislation, which repeals the Affordable Health Care Act passed during the Obama administration, must move onto the Senate, ...
Employers have been granted a reprieve, albeit a short one, regarding the issuance of reports to employees under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA imposes a variety of reporting requirements on “Applicable Large Employers” ...
A federal Appeals Court has ruled that a COBRA notice to a terminated employee was effective even though it was mailed to an incorrect address and the employee never received it. Mirelle Vangas was terminated ...
