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Welcome to the Snell & Wilmer Benefits Blog. We will be posting about current employee benefits and executive compensation topics and issues. We invite you to contact the authors with your thoughts or questions.Blog Contributors
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“A Trap for the Unwary” – Does Your Self-Funded Health Plan Provide Transgender Benefits? It Might Need to Soon.
Assistant Secretary of Labor Phyllis Borzi recently offered informal guidance on the broad scope of nondiscrimination regulations proposed under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. During her remarks at the ABA Labor Section Employee Benefits Committee Meeting in February, … Continue reading
Posted in Employee Benefits, Health & Welfare Plans, Health Care Reform
| Tagged ACA, Affordable Care Act, health care reform, health plans, nondiscrimination, proposed regulations, transgender
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Proposed IRS Regulations Simplify Section 83(b) Filing Requirements
As explained in a prior blog post, an employee who timely files a Section 83(b) election will be taxed on the fair market value of property transferred (typically restricted stock) to him or her in exchange for services on the … Continue reading
Posted in Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation
| Tagged Executive Compensation, fair market value, IRS, property transfer, proposed regulations, Section 83(b) election
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Proposed Regulations for Summary of Benefits and Coverage Seek to Simplify Compliance
As part of Health Care Reform, employers and insurers are required to provide group health plan participants with a Summary of Benefits and Coverage (“SBC”) describing the important features of the group health plan option(s) offered by the employer/insurer. The … Continue reading
Posted in Employee Benefits, Health & Welfare Plans, Health Care Reform
| Tagged Affordable Care Act, group health plan, health care reform, proposed regulations, SBC, summary of benefits and coverage
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FMLA to Apply to All Employees in Same-Sex Marriages
When the U.S. Supreme Court declared DOMA unconstitutional in United States v. Windsor, many federal benefits that were previously denied to individuals in same-sex marriages became available to those individuals. However, job-protected leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act … Continue reading
Posted in Employee Benefits
| Tagged DOL, DOMA, FMLA, proposed regulations, same-sex marriage
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