COBRA

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by Elizabeth Kay, Compliance and Retention Analyst with AEIS, Inc. July 2020 The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) was enacted to give employees the ability to continue their employer-sponsored health benefits if they were laid off or lost their job. Therefore employees who were terminated could continue their eligibility to be enrolled […]

You have a business and it is growing – Congratulations! As your company grows and you hire more employees, there are milestones that you will hit.  Some of these milestones come with additional responsibilities that you need to attend to, such as Cobra, HCSO, FMLA, Sexual Harassment Prevention Training and the Affordability Care Act’s Large […]

www.livestrong.com Losing your job can result in losing more than income—you may also lose employer-sponsored health coverage. To help unemployed, uninsured Americans at risk for financial ruin in the event of a medical emergency, Congress in 1985 enacted the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act, also called COBRA. COBRA requires certain employers to allow former employees the […]

www.thinkhr.com Question: Is an employee assistance program (EAP) a COBRA-eligible benefit? Answer: Employee assistance programs (EAPs) that offer medical benefits such as direct counseling and treatment, rather than just referrals for counseling and treatment, are regulated under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and therefore subject to reporting and notice requirements under the act. […]