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Webinar on new COBRA amendments offered by Jackson Lewis Partner Joseph Lazzarotti

Webinar on new COBRA amendments offered by Jackson Lewis Partner Joseph Lazzarotti
Source: Jackson Lewis announcement

The recent federal subsidy of COBRA premiums provided for in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 affects employers that sponsor a group health plan for employees and that have terminated or laid off employees on or after September 1, 2008. Jackson Lewis suggests that employers will have to act quickly "to comply with new COBRA notice requirements and to properly coordinate payroll tax and COBRA administration."

Jackson Lewis Partner Joseph Lazzarotti (White Plains, NY) invites NYPPL readers [and others] to participate in a complimentary 60-minute Webinar to learn about these highly technical and unprecedented COBRA provisions.

Topics include:

Overview of COBRA Amendments, including who is eligible for the subsidy
How Does the Subsidy Work?
Increased Employer Notice Obligations
Payroll Tax Reporting
Applying for Reimbursement

The Webinar accessible ?24/7? and will available on the Internet through April 26, 2009.

Go to: https://e-meetings.verizonbusiness.com/nc/join/ to access this information, using the following "codes."

Conference number: PA5404934
Participant Passcode: 9580148

Assistance is available from the Jackson Lewis Helpdesk, 1.877.554.3571

Full post as published by New York Public Personnel Law on March 04, 2009 (boomark / email).