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9th Circ. Clarifies ERISA Preemption for Healthcare Industry

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On May 31, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit published an opinion in Bristol SL Holdings Inc. v. Cigna Health and Life Insurance Co., which has significant implications for the healthcare industry. Originally...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Webinar] Employee Benefits Changes in 2024: New Requirements for Part-time Employees and Independent Contractors - March 7th,...

If you employ part-time workers and/or engage independent contractors, sit up and take note: 2024 will bring significant changes to how you manage your workforce. The US Department of Labor’s revised Independent Contractor...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Drugmaker Sued for…Overpaying for Drugs? Lawsuit Ushers in Expected Wave of Welfare Fiduciary Litigation

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The first complaint was filed in what is expected to be a wave of litigation alleging breach of fiduciary duty in selecting and monitoring welfare plan vendors. While the facts of this particular case may make it somewhat...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Year-End "To Do's": Reminders for Your Company's Retirement and Health & Welfare Plans

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As the year is quickly coming to an end, it is critical that plan sponsors set time aside to review their operational and administrative practices throughout the year. As appropriate, operational errors may be corrected and...more

Verrill

Retiree Medical Coverage: Just Get the COBRA Waiver

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The interaction between employer-provided retiree medical coverage and COBRA is complex. Many employers incorrectly assume they do not have to offer COBRA at retirement if they offer a retiree medical plan or a retiree health...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

DJC Op-Ed: Affordable Benefit Ideas to Help Employers Increase Worker Retention

Any employers muddling through the most confounding labor shortage the construction industry has seen in decades probably have already seen dozens of articles with advice on how to best attract, incentivize, and retain...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

Biden’s 2024 Budget Includes Familiar Health, Retirement Proposals

On March 9, 2023, President Biden released his budget for Fiscal Year 2024. Similar to proposals in its last budget, the Administration’s new budget proposes a number of major tax increases, including the following:...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

IRS Rules That Payment of 401(h) Account Benefits to Pension-Eligible Active Participants Won’t Jeopardize Plan Qualification

A recent IRS letter ruling provides helpful clarification on the interaction of in-service distributions to active employees (Code section 401(a)(36)) and the requirement that Code section 401(h) accounts provide only retiree...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

2022 ERISA Welfare Plan Automatic Participant Disclosures Checklist

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We recognize that many companies sponsor ERISA welfare benefit plans and are currently undergoing their open enrollment process and issuing related participant communications. To assist with that process, we have prepared an...more

Willcox & Savage

A Day in the Life of an Employee Benefits Attorney - (AKA Questions that keep coming my way)

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Every day I counsel employers on a variety of issues related to all flavors of employee benefit plans and programs, big and small – and often more complex than they might first appear. ...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

When Is An Insurance Policy Not An ERISA Plan?

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ERISA makes clear that it governs “any plan, fund, or program … established … by an employer … for the purpose of providing [health benefits] for its participants.” 29 U.S.C. § 1002(1). Although most employee benefit plans...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Benefits Issues That Arise Upon Misclassification of Employees

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Worker classification is an area of major concern for employers of all sizes. Misclassification of workers as independent contractors has labor and employment ramifications as well as employee benefits ramifications. Guidance...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Benefits Monthly Minute - February 2022

The February Monthly Minute examines the DOL’s recent focus on mental health parity compliance, the Hughes vs. Northwestern University retirement plan fee litigation, and the latest COVID-19 testing coverage guidance....more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Planning for 2022: Year-End Deadlines and Considerations for Employee Retirement, Health and Welfare Plans

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With the end of the year fast approaching, employers should be aware of several important deadlines and considerations related to retirement and health and welfare plans. With the onslaught of recent COVID-19-related...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

2021 Plan Amendment Deadlines And Other Looming Fourth Quarter Considerations

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As the year draws to a close, it is helpful for employers to pause to evaluate employee benefit plan amendment deadlines and other crucial fourth quarter considerations, including:...more

BCLP

BCLP Benefits Newsletter: Q1 2021

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ARPA provides that, for the period from April 1, 2021 until September 30, 2021, if an individual’s Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (“COBRA”) qualifying event is an involuntary termination of employment or a...more

Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog

American Rescue Plan Act Contains Many Employee Benefits Related Provisions

On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “ARPA”) into law.  Many of the provisions in this sweeping legislation bring changes to the employee benefits world of which employers should...more

Fisher Phillips

Overview Of Employee Benefit Provisions In The Consolidated Appropriations Act

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The Consolidated Appropriation Act of 2021 was signed into law on December 27, 2020 and is an impressive 5,593 pages. According to the Senate Historical Office, the Act is the longest bill ever passed by Congress. Buried...more

BakerHostetler

[Virtual Event] Unprecedented: The State of Labor Relations and Employment Law Master Class - “Employee” Benefits and New...

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Please join us for BakerHostetler’s Unprecedented: The State of Labor Relations and Employment Law Master Class. Our 8th Annual Master Class will be virtual, due to the pandemic, and it will still offer all new high-level...more

Morgan Lewis - ML Benefits

Suspended Deadlines Under ERISA: Is It Time to Restart the Clock?

As we described in our LawFlash from last spring, the US Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) (collectively, the Agencies) issued EBSA Notice 2020-01...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

The Consolidated Appropriations Act: 2021’s Employee Benefits Provisions

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (“Act”), signed by President Trump on December 27, 2020, contains several provisions affecting employee benefits....more

Robinson & Cole LLP

COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Provisions Affecting Employee Benefits

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On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the CAA), a second stimulus package and the most recent of several major pieces of legislation to be enacted since the start of...more

Dechert LLP

Employee Benefits and Health Insurance Provisions Are Injected Into New COVID-Relief Legislation

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The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”) was signed by the President on December 27, 2020, to provide additional COVID-related relief.  The Act has a number of provisions that are relevant to retirement plans...more

Saul Ewing LLP

2021 Limits Announced

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Federal agencies recently announced cost-of-living adjustments on Social Security taxable earnings and maximum benefits, limits on compensation and deferrals for retirement plans, and limits on health and welfare plans....more

Verrill

IRS announces 2021 plan limits

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The IRS has announced adjusted benefit plan limits for 2021. These adjustments reflect inflation, and are important for administrators of employee retirement and health plans. The limit on 401(k) and 403(b) plan elective...more

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