Position module

Group Benefits Renewal Readiness

Record what an employer already knows about its own workforce counts, its contribution basis, and its notice dates, and see which published federal obligations attach to those facts and which documents a renewal will ask for. It produces no premium, no plan recommendation, and no determination about any individual.

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What do you have?

Answer what you know and leave the rest. An unanswered field never raises an open item, because an item you cannot act on is worse than no item.

Workforce counts

Workforce counts

A headcount, not a list. Do not enter names.
The federal definition uses 30 hours per week, or 130 hours in a calendar month as the monthly equivalent. A count only.
Do any employees work hours that vary enough that you are unsure which side of 30 hours they fall on?
The applicable-large-employer test looks at the preceding calendar year, not at today.
In which states do employees perform work?
What is offered

What is offered

The regulation names three. Recording which one you use is the point; this module does not test whether you meet it.
Do a meaningful number of employees receive tips or variable wages?
Variable pay makes a wage-based safe harbour harder to apply than a fixed one.
Dates and notices

Dates and notices

The notice period the regulation states differs depending on the answer.
A date only. Do not record who it relates to or why.
Has the continuation-coverage election notice been sent for that event?
Are the plan's notice procedures written down?
The regulation defers to the plan document in several places, so what the document says is operative.
Is this a multiemployer plan?
Free text. Do not enter any employee name, any health information, or any other personal detail. This stays in your browser and is printed on your brief.Free text. Do not enter any name, health information, or member detail. Nothing here leaves your browser.
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What follows from that

16 deterministic checks: 2 gap, 1 inconsistency, 3 timing, 4 documentation, 6 question. Each fires only on exact comparison or arithmetic over what you recorded.

Nothing recorded yet.

Answer a few fields above and the checks run as you go. Nothing is sent anywhere at any point, and the count updates live.

Source ledger

4 sources. Every citation number above resolves to a record below. Nothing here sits behind an account.

  1. [1]
    26 CFR 54.4980H-1 - Definitions (employer shared responsibility)(opens the original record on Cornell Legal Information Institute, reproducing the Code of Federal Regulations)
    Cornell Legal Information Institute, reproducing the Code of Federal RegulationsSecondarySecondaryJurisdiction USThird-party reproductionLast checked September 2, 2026Updates: on-amendmentID cfr-26-54-4980h-1-lii
    What this source supports (4)
    • The section is headed Definitions.
    • Paragraph (a)(21)(i) defines a full-time employee as an employee who is employed an average of at least 30 hours of service per week with an employer.
    • Paragraph (a)(21)(ii) provides that 130 hours of service in a calendar month is treated as the monthly equivalent of at least 30 hours of service per week.
    • Paragraph (a)(4) defines an applicable large employer as an employer that employed an average of at least 50 full-time employees, including full-time equivalent employees, on business days during the preceding calendar year.
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    26 CFR 54.4980H-5 - Assessable payments under section 4980H(b) (affordability safe harbors)(opens the original record on Cornell Legal Information Institute, reproducing the Code of Federal Regulations)
    Cornell Legal Information Institute, reproducing the Code of Federal RegulationsSecondarySecondaryJurisdiction USThird-party reproductionLast checked September 2, 2026Updates: on-amendmentID cfr-26-54-4980h-5-lii
    What this source supports (6)
    • The section is headed Assessable payments under section 4980H(b).
    • Paragraph (e)(2) provides three affordability safe harbors: the Form W-2 safe harbor, the rate of pay safe harbor, and the federal poverty line safe harbor.
    • The Form W-2 safe harbor measures the employee contribution against 9.5 percent of that employee's Form W-2 wages from the employer for the calendar year.
    • The rate of pay safe harbor, for an hourly employee, measures the contribution against 9.5 percent of an amount equal to 130 hours multiplied by the employee's hourly rate of pay.
    • The federal poverty line safe harbor measures the contribution against 9.5 percent of a monthly amount determined as the federal poverty line for a single individual for the applicable calendar year, divided by 12.
    • All three safe harbors in this section are expressed against the same 9.5 percent threshold.
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    29 CFR 2590.606-4 - Notice requirements for plan administrators (COBRA continuation coverage)(opens the original record on Cornell Legal Information Institute, reproducing the Code of Federal Regulations)
    Cornell Legal Information Institute, reproducing the Code of Federal RegulationsSecondarySecondaryJurisdiction USThird-party reproductionLast checked September 1, 2026Updates: on-amendmentID cfr-29-2590-606-4-lii
    What this source supports (3)
    • The section is titled Notice requirements for plan administrators.
    • The section provides that upon receipt of a notice of qualifying event the administrator shall furnish to each qualified beneficiary a notice not later than 14 days after receipt of the notice of qualifying event.
    • Where the employer is also the plan administrator, the section provides that the administrator shall furnish to each qualified beneficiary a notice not later than 44 days after either the date coverage is lost or the date the qualifying event occurred, depending on the plan provisions.
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    29 CFR 2590.606-2 - Notice requirement for employers (COBRA continuation coverage)(opens the original record on Cornell Legal Information Institute, reproducing the Code of Federal Regulations)
    Cornell Legal Information Institute, reproducing the Code of Federal RegulationsSecondarySecondaryJurisdiction USThird-party reproductionLast checked September 1, 2026Updates: on-amendmentID cfr-29-2590-606-2-lii
    What this source supports (4)
    • The section is titled Notice requirement for employers.
    • For most plans the employer must furnish the notice to the plan administrator not later than 30 days after the date on which the qualifying event occurred.
    • For plans under which continuation coverage commences on the date of loss of coverage, the notice must be provided not later than 30 days after the date on which a qualified beneficiary loses coverage under the plan due to the qualifying event.
    • Multiemployer plans may provide for a longer notice period than the periods otherwise required, as specified in the plan documents.
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