Blogs: Benefits Q&A

Julie Athey explains what steps need to be taken to change an employees' benefit election outside of open enrollment.

How much can an employee contribute to their FSA if they join mid-year? Julie Athey explains the expectations and limits for new hires.

Confused about waiting periods after a break in service and when to offer coverage? Find out your options in this month's Benefits Q&A with Julie Athey.

What coverage options can a company offer an employee approaching 65 and how will this impact their younger spouse? Julie Athey discusses three potential options.

Confused about a letter from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services? Learn why you may have received it and what to do next depending on your group health plan.

Take the mystery out of offering domestic partner coverage. Learn about pre-tax and post-tax payments, imputed income, and other key considerations when creating a benefit plan for your employees.

Understand how an employees current coverage could disqualify them from transitioning from an FSA to an HSA. Julie Athey explains what steps to take with this months Benefits Q&A.

Julie answers April's Q&A over what employers need to know about new requirements of the attestation filing and gag clauses.

Julie answers this month's question on how health plans will be impacted now that the COVID-19 public health emergency is ending.

Julie answers this month's Q&A on what to do when an employee decides to discontinue their health benefits at the beginning of FMLA leave.

Reworking FMLA policies and processes are never easy. Julie Athey provides clear answers in this month's Benefits Q&A.

Julie Athey answers a question on the protocol for delayed coverage when an employee returns from leave mid-month.