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OutsourceOne.com Volume 1, Issue 4, 4th Quarter, 2004
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WebOne Tips

WebOne Users Group



The WebOne users group is looking for new members. Client users of OutsourceOne’s WebOne on- line enrollment, eligibility management and service software. The users group makes product improvement suggestions, identifies potential new functions, and often tests new functions prior to general release.

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To find out more about WebOne and the services offered by OutsourceOne, or to receive a guided tour of OutsourceOne's integrated benefits systems, send an email to: info@OutsourceOne.com.

Cobra News

Last look at the new COBRA regulations effective January 1, 2005. The final regulations closely track the proposed regulations described in the Compensation and Benefits Update of July 2003. The final regulations are effective for COBRA qualifying events occurring in plan years beginning on or after November 26, 2004. This means that the regulations will be effective for calendar year plans on January 1, 2005....

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New Law Extends USERRA Continuation Coverage Period

OutsourceOne will administer new USERRA rules.

On Dec. 10, President Bush signed into law language that amends the continuation coverage requirements in the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act of 1994 (USERRA). That language is part of the Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act of 2004 (Pub.L 108-454). Congress provided clear protection for all members of the uniformed services (including non-career National Guard and Reserve member...

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2005 Benefits Landscape

It is likely that 2005 will see a greater change in the way employee benefit programs are administered than any other year in the last decade or more. Not since the introduction of self-funding options for mid-sized employers has there been such an opportunity for employers to change the way benefit programs operate....

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FSA News

WFTRA—Working Families Tax Relief Act


A law signed October 4, 2004 by President Bush has an effect on individuals who cover dependents’ expensed under the medical flexible spending accounts. The Act, which goes into effect on January 1, 2004, includes a new definition of dependent under IRC Section 152 that may have some consequences for employee benefit plans. ...

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