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Healthcare Legislation

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May 13, 2010
Here are the facts: Employers will be required to report the value of the health plan on workers' W-2s. That is it. The worker is not taxed for the value of the plan. Of course, there are new taxes to fund health care reform. Here is the list.

Labor Notice

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May 11, 2010
We received the attached Labor Notice from AT&T today in regard to automatic reimbursement of Blue Cross/Blue Shield out of pocket expenses from participant healthcare FSAs that were not processed from January 1 - April 18, 2010 due to a systems error.

AT&T: Direct Depost of Payroll (DDP) Processing

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May 11, 2010
We received the attached Labor Notice from AT&T today in regard to automatic reimbursement of Blue Cross/Blue Shield out of pocket expenses from participant healthcare FSAs that were not processed from January 1 - April 18, 2010 due to a systems error.The Company notified the C&T office today that employees who are paid bi-weekly, and who opted for direct deposit of their paychecks, will no longer have access to their monies on Thursday. Effective with their last paycheck in July 2010, employees' monies will be available on Fridays. The same will apply to employees who receive live paychecks.