On Thursday, March 11, Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) that includes several provisions including a significant COBRA subsidy that will impact employee benefits plans. Below is a s[...] Read More

The recently signed COVID-19 relief bill has a lot more in it than just stimulus checks. SISCO put together a helpful Employer Action Guide with what you should be doing right now. Read More

On Sunday, December 27, 2020, President Trump signed the long-anticipated and wide-sweeping COVID-19 relief bill that includes several provisions that will significantly impact employee benefits plans[...] Read More

If onboarding and benefits compliance is taking over most of your day-to-day priorities, you’re missing an opportunity to automate your program, at no cost to you. Let SISCO and our benefits administr[...] Read More

On December 16th, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published an updated and expanded publication addressing questions around the COVID-19 vaccine and the applicability of vario[...] Read More

For the first time, variable hour employers have access to an ACA compliant major medical plan that is offered on a weekly basis. The new plan, EmployerAdvantage, was created through a partnership bet[...] Read More

The IRS issued two notices (2020-29 and 2020-33) that provide new guidance for flexible compensation plans (also known as Section 125 cafeteria plans), which employers may choose to follow. Notice 202[...] Read More

As a result of the massive disruption to businesses due to COVID-19, the federal government passed a notice to address COBRA deadlines during this national emergency. On May 1, the Employee Benefits S[...] Read More