Editor’s Note: ARRA 2009 provided a temporary premium subsidy for COBRA continuation coverage for certain unemployed workers. An insured or self-funded group health plan maintained by an employer to ...

It is a common practice for employers to offer employees a health care flexible spending account (“Health FSA”) option under a cafeteria plan. However, employers (and their COBRA administrators) may ...

While most plan sponsors understand that their plans must offer continuation coverage under COBRA for their medical benefits, many administrators find themselves on less solid ground when it comes to ...

The unemployment rate rose to 3.9% from 3.7% in February; its highest since January 2022, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. And in a somewhat mixed signal, U.S. employers added 275,000 jobs ...