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U.S. Master Employee Benefits Guide Wolters Kluwer

The 2017 U. S. Master Employee Benefits Guide is the ideal reference for HR personnel, benefits professionals, benefits attorneys, payroll managers, or anyone involved in the area of employee health and welfare benefits. This handy, authoritative book discusses pertinent federal tax and employment laws as they involve employee benefits plans.



U. S. Master Employee Benefits Guide:

Offers helpful insights into the issues that confront HR and benefits personnel on a daily basis Features explanations of the many employee benefit changes arising out of recent law and regulatory changes Addresses employee benefits communication, management, reporting and disclosure, and other compliance issues Includes cross-references to the Internal Revenue Code and Regulations, ERISA and its regulations, and Wolters Kluwer's Employee Benefits Management products Includes time-saving features, such as compliance documents and checklists

The 2017 U. S. Master Employee Benefits Guide has been updated to include coverage of:

Increased penalties for failure to file ERISA-required reports Final regulations on dependent coverage, employer appeals and Summary of Benefits and Coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Exchange open enrollment dates and special enrollment rule changes under the ACA Delay of the Cadillac tax under the ACA Agency guidance on the interaction of COBRA and the ACA EEOC final regulations on the Genetic Information and Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 Changes pursuant to The Consolidated Appropriations Act (P. L. 114-113), including transit parity Increased penalties for failure to file Form M-1, Summary of Benefits and Coverage, and FMLA notice violations