On January 10, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Department of Labor, and the Treasury issued guidance regarding the requirements for group health plans and health insura[...] Read More

Last Thursday, September 9th, President Biden announced a series of more aggressive proposals in his Path Out of the Pandemic plan to continue the fight against COVID-19. The plan, most notably, inclu[...] Read More

It is already time to think about the distribution of the expiration notice for the COBRA subsidy as required by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). This notice has also been referred to as a termina[...] Read More

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued new COBRA subsidy guidance in Notice 2021-46 (the Notice) which supplements guidance released earlier in Notice 2021-31. The new Notice principally addres[...] Read More

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

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