2010 US Code
Title 29 - LABOR
CHAPTER 8 - FAIR LABOR STANDARDS
Sec. 218b - Notice to employees
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 29 - LABOR |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 29 - LABOR CHAPTER 8 - FAIR LABOR STANDARDS Sec. 218b - Notice to employees |
Contains | section 218b |
Date | 2010 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 7, 2011 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | June 25, 1938, ch. 676, §18B, as added and amended Pub. L. 111-148, title I, §1512, title X, §10108(i)(2), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 252, 914. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 124 Stat. 252 |
Public Law References | Public Law 111-148 |
§218b. Notice to employees (a) In general
In accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary, an employer to which this chapter applies, shall provide to each employee at the time of hiring (or with respect to current employees, not later than March 1, 2013), written notice—
(1) informing the employee of the existence of an Exchange, including a description of the services provided by such Exchange, and the manner in which the employee may contact the Exchange to request assistance;
(2) if the employer plan's share of the total allowed costs of benefits provided under the plan is less than 60 percent of such costs, that the employee may be eligible for a premium tax credit under section 36B of title 26 and a cost sharing reduction under section 18071 of title 42 if the employee purchases a qualified health plan through the Exchange; and
(3) if the employee purchases a qualified health plan through the Exchange and the employer does not offer a free choice voucher, the employee may lose the employer contribution (if any) to any health benefits plan offered by the employer and that all or a portion of such contribution may be excludable from income for Federal income tax purposes.
(b) Effective dateSubsection (a) shall take effect with respect to employers in a State beginning on March 1, 2013.
(June 25, 1938, ch. 676, §18B, as added and amended Pub. L. 111–148, title I, §1512, title X, §10108(i)(2), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 252, 914.)
AmendmentsSubsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 111–148, §10108(i)(2), inserted “and the employer does not offer a free choice voucher” after “Exchange” and substituted “may lose” for “will lose”.
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