What happens when a nursing home patient signs an arbitration agreement with a 30-day rescission, or cooling-off, period and then dies before the end of that period? Is the agreement enforceable because it wasn’t rescinded? Or is it unenforceable because expiration of the 30-day period was a condition …
New Guidance on Employment-Based Orientation Periods
July 1, 2014 Leave a Comment
As employers who sponsor group health plans well know, health care reform prevents plans from imposing waiting periods in excess of 90 days for employees who are otherwise eligible to enroll in a plan. The latest guidance relating to the waiting-period rules addresses the boundaries of “reasonable and bona …
IRS Requests Input on Full-time Employee Definition
May 16, 2011 Leave a Comment
On May 3, the IRS issued a request for comments on the employer mandate (or “pay or play”) and the 90-day waiting period provisions of the health care reform law. These provisions are effective in 2014, and before issuing guidance on these topics, the agencies are asking for comments. A key definition for …