Several weeks after the passage of an extension of the COBRA subsidy provisions, the United States Department of Labor has finally released its model notices for employers to use.
All of them are available here.
There are three such forms, a General Notice form, a Premium Assistance Extension Notice, and an Updated
The United States Department of Labor this morning updated its website to include brand new information about the COBRA subsidy extension that was passed at the end of 2009.
Among the new documents:
Twas the night before Christmas
With a whole bunch of laws,
A new COBRA was stirring,
with a health bill (and flaws?)
Congress sure has been busy the last few days. This Christmas Eve morning, the Senate passed a landmark health care bill. No doubt, it will continue to be tweaked and modified
So, President Obama signed a bill that extends the COBRA subsidy. No big deal, right?
Well, not exactly.
First, let’s go over what’s in the final provision:
ho have been laid off
Over the weekend, Congress approved of a measure that I reported on last week that will extend COBRA for a few more months.
The President is expected to sign the measure and no doubt the DOL will be updating its website with new information.
Thus, employers should continue to keep tabs on this development as it
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The health care bill debate seems all consuming. At least in terms of press coverage.
But yesterday, the House of Representatives passed a defense 
spending bill (H.R. 3326) that, according to the DC Employment Law Update: "prevents most defense contractors and subcontractors from forcing their employees or independent contractors to sign, as a condition
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This week, both the Hartford Courant and the Hartford Business Journal, have run lengthy articles suggesting that the COBRA subsidy — which went into effect in February of this year — is coming to end for most workers.
Unfortunately, the articles miss the big picture of the law and, in doing so, add to