All employers must notify their employees about the availability of the Exchange by October 1st, 2013.
In addition, new hires must be provided the notice within 14 days of their hire date. While the Department of Labor has issued an FAQ indicating that no ERISA penalties would be imposed for failure to provide this notice, the FLSA statute itself requires compliance. Therefore, please ensure the appropriate notice is provided to each of your employees.
The start of open enrollment on the Health Insurance Marketplace has been delayed by the federal government. Millions of Americans expected to begin enrolling in health insurance products through the Marketplace on October 1st. The delay will impact both individuals shopping for health insurance and small businesses looking to purchase insurance for their employees through the Small Business Health Option Programs (SHOP).
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Fraser Trebilcock Attorney Brian P. Morley was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2014 in the field of DUI/DWI Defense.
Mr. Morley is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, past chair of the State Bar of Michigan District E Character and Fitness Committee, and current Advisory Member of the State Bar of Michigan Standing Committee on Character and Fitness. He has been listed in Best Lawyers© since 2010.
Best Lawyers© is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which almost 50,000 leading attorneys cast nearly five million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas; because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers© is considered a singular honor.
For more information, please contact Fraser Trebilcock attorney Brian P. Morley at bmorley@fraserlawfirm.com or 517.377.0846.
Attorney Brian Gallagher has been named one of this year’s ’10 Over the Next Ten’ by the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Grand River Connection. This award recognizes the greater Lansing region’s top young professionals who have demonstrated professional achievement, community involvement and personal success.
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Fraser Trebilcock Attorney David E. S. Marvin was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2014 in the fields of Administrative/Regulatory Law, and Corporate Law, and has received this honor every year since 1993. He was also selected as a Super Lawyer for 2014 in the field of Utilities Law; Mr. Marvin has been selected for inclusion in every annual list of Michigan’s Super Lawyers.
David E. S. Marvin is a shareholder of Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap, P.C. where he chairs the firm’s Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications Law Department. A recipient of numerous professional and civic honors, Mr. Marvin has served on a variety of boards of directors for private entities, professional associations and community service groups. He has also served as the chairman of a prestigious organization of law firms from around the world.
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OCTOBER 1ST: EMPLOYER NOTICE OF EXCHANGE (HEALTH INSURANCE MARKETPLACE)
By October 1, 2013, employers must notify their employees about the availability of the Exchange. New hires must be provided the notice within 14 days of their hire date. While the Department of Labor has issued an FAQ indicating that no ERISA penalties would be imposed for failure to provide this notice, the FLSA statute itself requires compliance. Therefore, please ensure the appropriate notice is provided to each of your employees.
Information about this requirement, as well as the model notice, can be found in Technical Release No. 2013-2. Specifically, please see Section III, paragraphs B-E, for pertinent information regarding who, where, when, what and how to provide the notice.
Attorney Thaddeus E. Morgan has recently been recognized for his outstanding legal work in litigation by two prominent organizations. Morgan was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2014 in Commercial Litigation and Construction Litigation. He has also been selected for a seventh year to the 2013 Michigan Super Lawyers list in the field of Business Litigation.
Morgan is the President of Fraser Trebilcock, a position he has held since 2010. He has previously chaired the firm’s Litigation department, and has twenty years of litigation experience in both state and federal courts. In addition to these highly distinguished honors, he has also achieved an AV peer review rating, the highest possible by Martindale-Hubbell.
Fraser Trebilcock Health Care Law Department Chair Jonathan Raven spent two days in Washington, DC this week to advocate for adequate federal funding and appropriate regulatory burden so that urban and rural hospitals, physicians, nurses and their colleagues can continue to provide badly needed medical care and public health services to underserved populations in our home communities.
Mr. Raven is a volunteer member of the American Hospital Association Committee on Governance, which meets throughout the year across the country and allows hospital trustees to assist in development of Capitol Hill advocacy priorities for our nation’s hospitals. Mr. Raven is also a Board Member Emeritus
Fraser Trebilcock is pleased to announce that Aaron Davis has joined the firm as an associate attorney. Mr. Davis practices in the areas of Labor and Employment Law and Commercial Litigation.
Davis returns to mid-Michigan after practicing law in both Chicago and Florida. He also served as co-chair of the Young Lawyers Division of the Chicago Bar Association. Davis has a B.A. in political science from Michigan State University, and received his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago where he was the recipient of the CALI Award in Legislation and Political Thought. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Davis was a legislative policy aide for the Michigan House of Representatives.
Davis was sworn into the State Bar of Michigan on September 13, 2013. He is also admitted to the State Bars of Florida and Illinois. He is licensed to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, and the Western Districts of Michigan. Davis is also licensed to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals Sixth and Seventh Circuit.
For more information, please contact Fraser Trebilcock attorney Aaron Davis at adavis@fraserlawfirm.com or 517.377.0846.
Fraser Trebilcock Attorney Elizabeth H. Latchana was recently selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2014 in the field of Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law.
Best Lawyers© is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which almost 50,000 leading attorneys cast nearly five million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas; because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers© is considered a singular honor.
Ms. Latchana is a shareholder at Fraser Trebilcock specializing in employee health and welfare benefits. She is an accomplished attorney representing employers and corporations throughout the United States. Her expertise includes ERISA, COBRA, Cafeteria Plans, Wrap Plans, Health Savings Accounts (HSAs),
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