Publication
Employee Benefits Update – March 2010
On December 30, 2009, Snell & Wilmer published an Employee Benefits Update explaining the extension of the COBRA premium subsidy under the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 ("DODAA"). DODAA extended the 65% COBRA premium subsidy as provided for in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ("ARRA") in two ways"”it extended the eligibility period for two months until February 28, 2010, and it extended the maximum subsidy period to 15 months, from nine months.
About Snell & Wilmer
Founded in 1938, Snell & Wilmer is a full-service business law firm with more than 500 attorneys practicing in 16 locations throughout the United States and in Mexico, including Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego, California; Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; Denver, Colorado; Washington, D.C.; Boise, Idaho; Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Portland, Oregon; Dallas, Texas; Salt Lake City, Utah; Seattle, Washington; and Los Cabos, Mexico. The firm represents clients ranging from large, publicly traded corporations to small businesses, individuals and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit swlaw.com.