On January 10, 2022, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury issued guidance addressing a group health plan’s obligation to cover the cost of over-the-counter, at-home COVID-19 tests starting January...more
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, enacted on December 27, 2020 (the CAA), includes limited relief pertaining to the partial termination of a qualified retirement plan that may have been inadvertently triggered by...more
1/27/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Benefits ,
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Former Employee ,
IRS ,
New Legislation ,
Plan Participants ,
Retirement Plan ,
Termination of Benefits
An Illinois district court issued a split decision in a case involving the cybertheft of retirement plan assets, allowing the plan administrator and plan sponsor to be dismissed, but requiring the recordkeeper to defend...more
As most of the nation continues under lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have received inquiries about ways employers can provide additional benefits to employees during this unprecedented time.
On March 13, 2020, the...more
Since the end of the IRS’s cyclical determination letter program for individually designed retirement plans in 2017, plan sponsors have been able to request favorable determination letters for individually designed plans only...more
5/20/2019
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Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Determination Letter ,
Employee Benefits ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Filing Requirements ,
Hybrid Plan ,
IRS ,
Mergers ,
Public Comment ,
Qualified Retirement Plans ,
Retirement Plan ,
Revenue Procedures ,
Sanctions ,
Voluntary Correction Program