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Resources for Worker Benefit Decisions Flexible Spending Accounts Cafeteria Plans |
Lutheran Education Association believes that those who minister in Lutheran schools and congregations need to assist their congregational decision-makers in selecting benefits that are reasonable for both the congregation/school and the workers.
Congregations and schools using the LCMS Worker Benefit Plans/Concordia Health Plans will be choosing from four coverage options by January 1, 2004. Church workers and congregational leaders need to inform themselves and consider the ramifications of their choices. No single decision will help all workers in all congregations.
LEA offers this annotated list of Web sites to help church workers and their governing boards to make educated decisions. We consider these worth reading. (LEA does not endorse any of these sites as the ultimate authority or expert on Flexible Spending Accounts or Cafeteria Plans.)
From the LCMS:
Worker Benefit Plans
www.wbp.org/homepgs/choice2004/Choice2004.pdf
Congregational Treasurers Manual – See Section 1, Chapter 7
Joint Statement on Health Benefits from LEA and LCMS/DCS/School Ministry
www.lea.org/forms/JPSHEALTH.pdf
From Outside the LCMS
Legal background for Cafeteria Plans from Robert E. McKenzie at Arnstein & Lehr
Viewpoint of benefits and potential problems of Cafeteria Plans from the American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO
www.afscme.org/wrkplace/cafe.htm
Internal Revenue Service regulations
www.irs.gov/faqs/page/0,,id=83301,00.html
From LEA
Position Statement on Health Coverage
Congregational Leader Letter on Health Coverage (February 2003)
Joint Statement on Health Benefits from LEA and LCMS/DCS/School Ministry
www.lea.org/forms/JPSHEALTH.pdf
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