Jun 1, 2011

Labor Notice:  2011 HRA Issue - Limited Impact

Attached is a Labor Notice from AT&T advising of a system error that incorrectly identified more than 200 retired employees, as well as six active employees, as being ineligible for 2011 HRA funding.

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Dec 16, 2010

Labor Notice - CarePlus/MedPlus 2011 Changes to Covered Procedures and Services

FYI, the following AT&T Labor Notice is with regard to the CarePlus and MedPlus list of Covered Procedures and Services effective January 1, 2011.

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Dec 10, 2010

EAP Flyer

This flyer was provided to the AT&T EAP Committee.

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Nov 3, 2010

Class I and Domestic Partner Dependent Eligibility Rules for Active Represented Employees

We have just received the attached information from Alcatel-Lucent. It is important; please review.

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Oct 22, 2010

SSP HRA Deposits

I’ve just learned that I provided incorrect information to some of you with respect to whether all eligible employees, enrolled in the Point of Service Medical Plan or in an HMO, are eligible to have the SSP money deposited in an HRA.

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May 13, 2010

Healthcare Legislation

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.

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May 11, 2010

Labor Notice

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.

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Mar 31, 2010

Information Regarding the New Healthcare Act

Click "Read more" to read two documents about the new Healthcare Legislation. The first, titled "What You Should Know About Health Insurance Reform", was prepared by the CWA Research Department. The second document lists 10 things you need to know about how the new law may affect you.

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Mar 18, 2010

Nactel Newsletter

Welcome to the March 2010 edition of NACTEL News - with news, information, and insights from the National Coalition for Telecommunications and Learning. Read attached

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Nov 17, 2009

AT&T: Annual Enrollment

We have had a number of calls and questions regarding Annual Enrollment this year. Nothing further regarding the Annual Enrollment dates has been posted because the Company originally provided incorrect mailing dates on which Annual Enrollment materials were to be mailed. I received confirmation of the mailing dates over the weekend. As such, I wanted to provide the following information.

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May 19, 2009

Alcatel-Lucent: New Health Promotion - Stepping Into Health

The Joint Health Care Committee was recently given details of a new health promotion called Stepping Into Health which will begin on June 1. A letter from David Birdsong, Senior Manager of Labor Benefits Provisions, can be found below.

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Feb 23, 2009

AT&T: Labor Notification - Imputed Income for Spouse and/or Child Life Insurance - 2009

Imputed income for spouse and child life insurance was calculated and applied to 8,345 bargained participants paychecks in 2009, in error. It was announced during Annual Enrollment that this imputed income type would no longer be applicable.

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Feb 17, 2009

AT&T: Consumer’s Medical Resource

Click below to download information from AT&T about a unique service, offered to AT&T employees, provided by Consumer's Medical Resource (CMR), called Medical Decision Support (MDS). This service will help you get current, comprehensive, objective, and personalized information about health problems and treatment options.

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