Employee Benefits Answer Book

Employee Benefits Answer Book provides comprehensive guidance for employers and professionals involved in the design and administration of employee benefit plans. The Q&A format is ideal for probing key topics such as 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, and financial accounting for employee benefits.

Employee Benefits Answer Book offers readers up-to-date information on various federal laws impacting employee benefits, including the
Family and Medical Leave Act, (FMLA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) - to name just a few. In addition, summaries of case law developments, practice pointers, and examples are included throughout the book.

Highlights include updated discussions of the following:

• Revised regulations under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which include guidance on the family military leave requirements
• Discussion of the new federal COBRA premium subsidy
• Coverage of expanded transportation fringe benefits for employees, including a new benefit for bicyclers
• Extensive new IRS guidance on health savings accounts
• Analysis of new legislation altering the definition of "disabled" for nondiscrimination purposes
• New requirements for health plans for dependent college students
• Special health flexible spending account distribution rules for employees who are "called up" for military duty