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Employee Benefits Answer Book, 10th Edition

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Product Code: EBAB

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By Dorinda D. DeScherer and Terence M. Myers

Here's comprehensive guidance for employers and professionals involved in the design and administration of employee benefit plans. The question-and-answer 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.

You'll get up-to-date information on federal laws impacting employee benefits, including the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Summaries of legal developments, practice pointers, and examples are included throughout the book.

Highlights include updated discussions of :
* New rules and updated IRS and DOL guidance on health savings accounts
* Guidelines for electronic administration of benefit plans
* The Supreme Court's decision on recoupment of benefits when an employee receives a recovery from another source
* Ground rules for the use of debit and credit cards to provide health and other benefits
* Guidance on employee leave-sharing and leave-donation programs
* Developments in the ongoing battle over nondiscrimination rules for retiree health plans
* Tips on identifying disabled employees who will need assistance in an emergency - without violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
* The new law on transfers from pension plans to fund retiree health benefits
* The latest crackdown on corporate-owned life insurance
* The continuation coverage requirements under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)

1,368 pages; includes latest annual supplement.