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…
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Dennis J. Merley
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…
Wave of the Future? Maine Passes Mandatory Unrestricted Paid Leave Law
Dennis J. Merley
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…
Cadillac Tax On Benefit Plans Delayed Another Two Years
Dennis J. Merley
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…
ERISA Church Plan Exception Applies to Pension Plans of Hospitals with Church Association
Dennis J. Merley
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…
A First Look at the American Health Care Act
Dennis J. Merley
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,…
ACA Reporting Deadline Gets 30-Day Extension; Filing Deadline Stays the Same
Dennis J. Merley
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…
Wrong Mailing Address Doesn’t Affect COBRA Rights
Dennis J. Merley
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…
State Reporting Laws for Self-Funded Plans Overruled
Dennis J. Merley
The United States Supreme Court has ruled that federal law permits a self-funded health plan to disregard a Vermont statute requiring health care claims data to be reported to the state. …