Category Archives: Miscellaneous

COBRA Help?

Has anyone anyone of the refugees tried to get a reduction in their COBRA premium through the legislation recently passed (ARRA).? Katie Melone called Ceridian, the company Tribune uses to administer COBRA, and apparently The Courant/Tribune denied her, she says.. Katile continues: “I think it’s because we left Aug. 1, and the law provides relief [...]

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Self-Renewing Prophecy

Ever try to let your subscription to the Hartford Courant lapse? A friend of mine did. He was getting the Thursday, Friday, Sunday package and got tired of picking his paper out of a puddle on the street, so he decided just to let his trial subscription expire. Oddly, the paper continued to be delivered [...]

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Tax Advice, Please?

Beth Hamilton has a question and needs advice quickly… I’m trying to figure out, by 5 p.m. today, whether to take the severance as a lump sum or a salary pay out. Our accountant doesn’t work on Fridays. I can’t get anyone from Human Resources at the Courant to tell me what, if any, tax [...]

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She’s Being Enhanced

One of our refugees (I won’t say who, so the DOL doesn’t audit her) has a question: Have any of you been ordered to attend an “Enhanced Re-employment Services” porgram at the state Department of Labor? I have, and it’s mandatory if I want to continue collecting unemployment. It’s on April 16. It’s too bad [...]

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