Author: Managed Benefits

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) provides a special enrollment period which allows employees who have previously waived health coverage to enroll for coverage outside of the plan’s open enrollment period. This is called special enrollment. Employees and dependents who waive coverage due to other group health coverage and then lose that coverage can enroll in … Continued

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires that an employee may not be employed for more than 40 hours in a workweek without receiving at least one and one-half times their regular rate of pay for any hours worked above 40 hours in a workweek.  The term “employed” is defined as time an employee is … Continued