Live Webinar | What Employers Need to Know about Opt-Out Arrangements
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Live Webinar | What Employers Need to Know about Opt-Out Arrangements
July 29, 2019
This webinar will provide an overview of opt-out arrangements and spousal waivers by:
In this webinar we will:
Describing what an opt-out arrangement is
Illustrating how opt-out arrangements may be structured, including whether the arrangement should be structured differently when it involves a fully-insured plan versus a self-funded plan
Describing how opt-out arrangements may be used with active employees and at employment termination as part of a severance agreement
Briefly describing spousal waivers, including spousal surcharges
Highlighting additional considerations such as potential discrimination issues, interaction with Medicare Secondary Payer rules, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) prohibition against employer reimbursement of individual coverage premiums, ACA affordability calculations, taxation of opt-out payments, and how the opt-out payment is considered under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) when calculating overtime for hourly workers in certain states
Describing best practices in offering an opt-out arrangement, including sample language
This 60-minute intermediate level webinar will help employers understand opt-out arrangements and spousal waivers.
This webinar event has been sent for approval by the Human Resource Certification Institute and the Society for Human Resource Management to qualify for 1 recertification credit hour.
