DOL Releases New COBRA Model Notices
Now that the COBRA subsidy has expired, many of our members have been wondering what COBRA notice they should be using for employees who become COBRA eligible after May 31st. The DOL has released new COBRA model notices (in English and Spanish) without the ARRA subsidy language for employer use. The email release contained the following information:
The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration has posted the following information on the dedicated COBRA web page:
Statement of Assistant Secretary Phyllis C. Borzi on the Availability of the Subsidy After May 31, 2010, available at http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/newsroom/2010/ebsa070610.html
COBRA Model General Notice (non-ARRA), available in English at http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/modelgeneralnotice.doc and in Spanish at http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/ModelGeneralNoticeSP.doc
COBRA Model Election Notice (non-ARRA), available in English at http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/modelelectionnotice.doc and in Spanish at http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/modelelectionnoticesp.doc