DeScherer; Myers

Employee Benefits

Employee Benefits Answer Book provides comprehensive guidance for those involved in the design and administration of employee benefit plans. The Q&A format is ideal for probing key topics such as: Health care reform COBRA continuation coverage Retiree health care coverage Health coverage portability requirements Group long-term care insurance Dependent care assistance Adoption assistance Vacation and severance pay plans Death benefits Financing employee benefits Financial accounting for employee benefits And more! Employee Benefits Answer Book will help you: Set the best Health Care Reform Act strategy for your company and your clients Keep in compliance with current and coming requirements Find clear answers to hundreds of employee benefits questions Avoid costly errors related to employee benefits administration Resolve employee benefits issues quickly and effectively And much more! Employee Benefits Answer Book has been updated to bring you plain-language explanations of the latest health care reform developments, including these important topics: When a plan is a "grandfathered" plan - and how to keep it that way What employers need to do to satisfy "employer responsibility" requirements under the Health Care Reform Act How the Health Care Reform Act restricts preexisting-condition exclusions Which plans and benefits are subject to new prohibitions on annual and lifetime benefit limits When a plan must cover an employee's adult child How to comply with no-cost preventive care requirements What a plan must do when denying a benefit claim What plans must tell employees about their benefits and coverage When health reimbursement arrangements can and cannot pay for over-the-counter drugs How small employer plans can cash in on a valuable new tax credit Why insured plans don't need to worry about tough, new nondiscrimination rules How plans must handle premium rebates from their insurers What health plan information must be reported on employees' W-2 forms And much more! In addition to Health Care Reform, Employee Benefits Answer Book provides employers and benefits professionals with extensive and up-to-date guidance on other important legal and regulatory developments during the past year, including: Important new regulations under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) Cost-sharing parity requirements for mental health and addiction benefits Expanded FMLA coverage for military family members New fringe benefit rules for employer-provided cell phones Key changes to the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) New FMLA rules for airline flight crews New ground rules for employer-provided adoption assistance Important U.S. Supreme Court rulings on employee benefits Revised rules for counting intermittent FMLA leave Updated guidance on retiree prescription drug benefits