New Texas State Continuation Subsidy Bill Will Likely Help but a Few Unemployed Texans.
Under a new Texas law, if you were involuntarily terminated on or after September 1, 2008 from a small Texas business with less than 20 full-time employees, you might soon have have a special, “limited special enrollment opportunity” to elect State Continuation coverage and apply for the 65% ARRA insurance premium subsidy. This will apply only to those Texans who: (1) did not elect State Continuation or who lost State Continuation... [Read More...]
IRS Publishes 58 new COBRA Subsidy FAQs
You really gotta love the federal government for trying to “clarify” what they intended with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The IRS has posted 58 new FAQs on their website that hopefully will clarify earlier clarifications. Here’s the link to the information: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/n-09-27.pdf Mike Chapman Read More →
Listen to replay of COBRA and Economic REcovery Act of 2009
Here’s the information to listen to the March 25th recording of the Telseminar on the COBRA subsidy contained in the Economic Stimulus Act of 2009. Unfortunately, I have been unable to get a clean quality mp3 of this teleseminar, but you can listen to the replay by calling 712-432-1080, and then entering the listener access code 688338#. If anyone reading this post is able to convert this recording into a quality mp3 recording, I’ll... [Read More...]
Teleseminar for Employers re: Economic Stimulus Recovery Act and COBRA
I’m holding a teleseminar for employers and HR Professionals only on February 25, from 2 to 3 pm to discuss the impact of the Economic Stimulus Recovery ACT on employers. Employers and HR professionals can get the details for this teleseminar by signing up for the COBRABusters.com newsletter at right. Employers are now required by law to subsidize COBRA and State of Texas Continuation payments by 65% for any employees and their dependents... [Read More...]
The Economic Stimulus and Recovery Act and YOU!
Economic Stimulus & Recovery Act and YOU The Economic Stimulus and Recovery ACT that was signed into law on February 17th contains provisions that impact virtually every citizen and every business in the country. Many of the details and specifics in the bill are unclear or have not yet been worked out. There are numerous questions about how this new law affects job seekers who have been involuntarily terminated. Specifically, employees... [Read More...]
