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The Wagner Law Group

Forfeiture Cases – Update

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Last year, we alerted you to the filing of several class action lawsuits alleging that plan fiduciaries violated their duties of prudence and loyalty under Title I of ERISA by applying forfeitures to reduce employer...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

PLESA, Can I Have Some More?

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The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 had many retirement plan provisions, including the pension-linked emergency savings account (PLESA) that lets workers contribute money to an account in a defined contribution plan that can be used...more

Holland & Hart - The Benefits Dial

One Way or Another … Forfeitures Will Have to Be Administered Under Your Retirement Plan, and the IRS Just Proposed New...

On February 27, 2023, the Treasury issued proposed regulations intended to simplify and clarify the rules relating to forfeitures within qualified retirement plans. Defined Benefit Plans - Similar to defined...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Proposed IRS RMD Regulations Present Challenges, Risks for 403(b) Plans

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is strategically working to execute the statutory changes that were outlined by the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (SECURE Act) of 2019. However, the IRS’s efforts...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

COVID-related Benefit Plan Timeframe Extension Relief Continues With One Year Case-by-case Limit

As described in a prior blog post, last spring the Department of Labor and the Department of the Treasury (Agencies) issued COVID-19 pandemic relief that extended numerous deadlines under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code...more

Fisher Phillips

New Benefit Plan Deadline Extensions Provide Opportunities For Participants – And Burdens For Plan Sponsors

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The Department of Labor (DOL), in coordination with the IRS and the Treasury Department, recently issued new rules extending key deadlines for health, retirement, and welfare plans subject to ERISA and the Internal Revenue...more

McDermott Will & Emery

COVID-19 Ate My Homework – Recent Extensions and Relief for Retirement Plans

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In recognition of the difficulties faced by retirement plan sponsors, participants and beneficiaries due to the COVID-19 pandemic, new guidance extends the deadlines for notices and disclosures required by Title I of ERISA...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Joint Agency Guidance Extends COBRA and Other ERISA Deadlines

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On May 4, 2020, the Department of Labor and Department of Treasury (the Departments) issued joint guidance requiring certain COBRA, HIPAA and ERISA deadlines be determined without regard to the “Outbreak Period,” which began...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

[Webinar] COVID-19 DOL, IRS & PBGC Guidance Update for Retirement Plans - May 5th, 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm ET

The Employee Benefits Security Administration of the Department of Labor, together with the Department of the Treasury, recently issued helpful guidance for retirement plans that extends certain deadlines and provides other...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

DOL and Treasury Extend Benefits-Related Deadlines

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To reduce the risk that participants will lose benefits during the COVID-19 outbreak because they fail to meet certain procedural requirements, the U.S. Departments of Labor and the Treasury announced the extension of a...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Congress delivers SECURE and more in year-end benefits bonanza

On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed into law the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (the “Appropriations Act”), a comprehensive government funding bill that includes substantial employee benefits-related...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

For Tax-Exempt Employers: 403(b) Retirement Plan Compliance Opportunity

Tax-exempt employers have a special opportunity to fix compliance concerns with their 403(b) retirement plans. They have through March 31, 2020 – the “Remedial Amendment Period” (RAP) – to retroactively self-correct...more

Dechert LLP

Treasury’s Third Report on Financial System Regulation Focuses on the Asset Management and Insurance Industries

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) recently released a report examining the regulatory framework for the asset management and insurance industries (Report). The Report is the third in a series of four reports that...more

Franczek P.C.

Employee Benefits Alert - July 2015

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Major Revisions to Qualified Plan Determination Letter Process Announced - Effective January 1, 2017, the staggered five-year determination letter remedial amendment cycles for individually designed plans will be...more

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IRS Moves to Prohibit Lump Sum Windows for Retirees

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The IRS issued Notice 2015-49 (the "Notice") on July 9, 2015, effectively ending the ability of sponsors of qualified defined benefit pension plans ("DB Plan") to "de-risk" their plans by offering participants in pay status...more

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Monthly Benefits Alert - April 2015

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Central States Pension Fund Developing Rescue Plan - The Central States Pension Fund has announced that it will adopt a “rescue plan” under which certain participant benefits will be reduced. The Multiemployer Pension...more

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