CELB Points to Valuable COBRA & Other Employment Resources
The recession has understandably caused a significant increase in the number of people, in Ridgefield and beyond, seeking counsel about employment-related issues, especially severance agreements and COBRA.
COBRA, of course, is the program that mandates that certain discontinuing employees be offered the opportunity to continue health insurance coverage for a limited period of time. Recent changes in COBRA premium subsidies have been enacted as part of the federal economic stimulus program.
I’ve found some interesting information in the Connecticut Employment Law Blog (CELB), one of my favorite sites. Recent CELB posts offer valuable online resources, primarily for employers but also for employees and other lawyers (like us) who counsel individuals and smaller employers.
Two recent posts on CELB discuss: (1) the penalties and other reasons why employers may want to get active in planning for changes to COBRA: Sounding the Alarm Bells: Three Reasons Why Most Employers Should Get Their Act Together on the COBRA Subsidy Provisions; and (2) resources to help employers meet the April 18, 2009, deadline to provide certain notices: COBRA Changes Are Here: Do You Have An Action Plan?
An earlier post pointed to online sites with general information about employment law, including sites featuring an “employee-oriented” perspective: Looking for Other Employment Law Resources? Look Up The "Top 100" Employment Law Blogs.
A still earlier post featured and pointed to resources available online from the Connecticut Department of Labor: Four for...General HR Knowledge for Employers from the Connecticut Department of Labor. These include discussions of federal and state Family Medical Leave Acts, an updated FAQ: site, a site to obtain posters and guide books and an “Employer’s Guide to Unemployment Compensation.”
Links available on the CELB posts take you right to the resources being discussed.
My thanks to Attorney Daniel Schwartz, author of CELB, for alerting us to these valuable resources.
