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Six Things You Need to Know Now About the ACA Cadillac Tax

Julie Stich, CEBS

11 Aug 201517 Dec 2015

Possibly one of the most closely watched and anxiously anticipated provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the Cadillac tax. The tax implementation date of 2018 seemed like a distant future when ACA was signed into law in March 2010, but as […]

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Employee Benefit Symposium #15Symp—Ready to Go!

Rachel Oliver

07 Aug 201507 Aug 2015

Just two weeks until I’ll be heading to Vancouver for my first Employee Benefits Symposium. Bags packed. Check. Passport ready. Check. Reservations made. Check. Key sessions I don’t want to miss highlighted. Check. I don’t know about you, but I love the […]

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Time’s A-Wastin’, Prepare for ACA Reporting Now!

Kelli Kolsrud, CEBS

05 Aug 201518 Sep 2015

On a beautiful summer day, January seems like a long way off. When you’re talking about an employer’s duty to report health care coverage information using Forms 1094 and 1095 under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), nothing could be further from the truth. The […]

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Apprenticeship Programs Getting More Attention

Bryan Zoran, CEBS

28 Jul 201514 Nov 2019

As the economy improves, the construction industry and other apprenticeship trades are having a difficult time keeping up with the demand for skilled labor. An exodus of apprentices during the economic downturn created a void that has been difficult to fill. An […]

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Multiemployers Watching But Not Yet Acting on MPRA

Neil Mrkvicka

23 Jul 201523 Jul 2015

Multiemployer funds are closely monitoring and discussing in detail the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 (MPRA), but the majority of funds responding to our recent survey do not plan to take the more drastic measures MPRA allows. These findings and more are revealed […]

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A Law With a Noble Purpose: ADA Turns 25

Kelli Kolsrud, CEBS

21 Jul 201524 Jul 2015

I have something in common with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). We both entered the employee benefits scene 25 years ago. On July 26, 1990, a few months after I started working at the International Foundation as an assistant librarian, the […]

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Mandatory Paid Sick Time: It’s Spreading Quickly

Lois Gleason, CEBS

16 Jul 2015

Mandatory paid sick time legislation is spreading quickly. Many states and municipalities have already legislated laws and ordinances. Employers need to keep their eyes on this trend. The International Foundation’s Employee Benefit Survey 2014 found 92.7% of its corporate members and 97.6% of […]

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MPRA Guidance—What Does It Mean?

Julie Stich, CEBS

13 Jul 201515 Jul 2015

In mid-June, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) released their first round of guidance relating to the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act (MPRA) provisions on benefit suspensions (reductions) and pension partitions. MPRA is a complex law, and the […]

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Complying With Bill C-377

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

10 Jul 201524 Jul 2015

Now that the controversial Bill C-377 has received Royal Assent, how should benefit plan sponsors respond? The bill first must survive a potential change in majority rule following this fall’s federal election and anticipated legal challenges. If it remains intact, experts say sponsors […]

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Domestic Partner Benefits After the Supreme Court Decision

Anne Patterson

09 Jul 201509 Jul 2015

The U.S. Supreme Court made a decision on June 26, 2015 that changed the course of same-sex marriages throughout the nation. States must now license same-sex marriages and cannot refuse to recognize those performed in other states. The International Foundation of Employee Benefit […]