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Sep 26
Is Joining A MEP or PEP The Right Plan Move?
The SECURE Act of 2019 brought significant changes to multiple employer plans (MEPs) and introduced pooled employer plans (PEPs). These reti
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Aug 2
Texas Federal Courts Stay Fiduciary Rule
On July 25, 2024, Judge Jeremy Kernodle of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas temporarily blocked the US Department..
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Jul 26
Attention Plan Sponsors: Don't Miss the Form 5500 Deadline!
The deadline to file or extend your calendar year Form 5500 for the 2023 Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan is approaching...
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Jul 19
The IRS Has Issued Final Regulations About Required Minimum Distributions
The IRS has just issued very lengthy final regulations (TD 10001; RIN:1545-BP82) governing required minimum distributions (RMDs) that...
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Apr 9
Mental Health Parity Update: 3 Key Developments in 2023
Health & Welfare Journal of Pension Benefits Issues in Administration, Design, Funding, and Compliance Volume 31 • Number 2 • Winter 2024...
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Feb 23
Proposed Regulations on Long-Term Part-Time Employee Participation in 401(k) Plans
Contributed by Katrina Veldkamp, Boutwell Fay LLP February 2024 Retirement plan sponsors and service providers will want to pay close...
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Feb 20
THE BILLION DOLLAR TYPO: What Plans Need To Know Now About Scrivener’s Errors under ERISA
By: Sherrie Boutwell and Deborah Fabricant (2010) What happens when the drafter of an ERISA plan makes an innocent error (a “scrivener’s...
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Oct 12, 2023
Impact of the End of the Covid-19 Emergencies on Health and Welfare Plans
HEALTH & WELFARE JOURNAL OF PENSION BENEFITS ISSUES IN ADMINISTRATION, DESIGN, FUNDING, AND COMPLIANCE Volume 30 • Number 3 • Summer 2023...
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Aug 24, 2023
SECURE 2.0 Matching Contributions on Student Loan Repayments
Katrina Veldkamp's recent article for Bloomberg Law addresses the new provisions introduced by SECURE 2.0 for matching contributions for...
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Aug 9, 2023
COBRA Continuation Coverage in Mergers and Acquisitions
HEALTH & WELFARE JOURNAL OF PENSION BENEFITS ISSUES IN ADMINISTRATION, DESIGN, FUNDING, AND COMPLIANCE Volume 30 • Number 3 • Spring 2023...
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Jul 27, 2023
SECURE 2.0 Long Term Part Time Employee Participation
In her recent article for Bloomberg Law, Boutwell Fay's Katrina Veldkamp covers the changes in minimum participation rules for LTPT...
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Feb 23, 2023
Evan Giller's Article on Secure 2.0 for NBOA
After co-presenting at the recent 2023 Annual Meeting for NBOA, both Evan Giller, Boutwell Fay, LLP, and Gary Mauger, New Pinnacle...
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Feb 6, 2023
Health Care Plans After Dobbs: What Employers Need to Know
HEALTH & WELFARE JOURNAL of PENSION BENEFITS ISSUES IN ADMINISTRATION, DESIGN, FUNDING, AND COMPLIANCE Volume 30 • Number 1 • Autumn 2022...
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Nov 21, 2022
Prescription Drug Data Collection Reporting Deadline Nears
Employer-based health plans must now submit information about prescription drugs and health care spending to the DOL...
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Oct 20, 2022
Taxation of Tuition Assistance Plans
HEALTH & WELFARE JOURNAL of PENSION BENEFITS ISSUES IN ADMINISTRATION, DESIGN, FUNDING, AND COMPLIANCE Volume 29 • Number 4 • Summer 2022...
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Sep 7, 2022
408(b)(2) for Health Plans
This column for the Journal of Pension Benefits, Health & Welfare explains the new rules that extend Section 408(b)(2) of ERISA to health...
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Jul 20, 2022
The No Surprises Act
The No Surprises Act became effective on January 1, 2022. This Act restricts excessive out-of-pocket costs.
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Jan 3, 2022
DOL Issues FAB 2021-03 with Guidance on CAA Fee Disclosure Rules for Group Health Plans
DOL Guidance on CAA Fee Disclosure Rules for group health plans
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Sep 30, 2021
Mental Health Parity After CAA: A Primer and Next Steps
HEALTH & WELFARE JOURNAL of PENSION BENEFITS ISSUES IN ADMINISTRATION, DESIGN, FUNDING, AND COMPLINACE Volume 29 • Number 1 • Autumn 2021...
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May 17, 2021
Is Your Plan Cybersecure Right Now?
Is Your Plan Cybersecure Right Now? Not a day goes by without another news story about a cybersecurity incident compromising the data of...
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Apr 20, 2021
COBRA Subsidies (Your Questions Answered)
We have been getting many questions regarding COBRA subsidies under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”), which we answer later...
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Apr 19, 2021
Educational Assistance Programs Allow Employers to Pay Their Employees’ Student Loans...
Alison Smith Fay A special provision in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) signed by the President on...
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Mar 11, 2021
CAA Brings Temporary Additional Flexibility for Flexible Spending Accounts
At the end of 2020 Congress enacted the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020, which was part of the...
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Jan 7, 2021
We're Off To The Races: Restatement Period Opens for Pre-Approved Defined Contribution Plans
In June, the IRS announced that they were issuing opinion letters for pre-approved defined contribution plan documents. Now that it is...
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Dec 31, 2020
Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz, Oh, What A Relief It Is!
The Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 (the “CAA”) was signed into law on December 27, 2020 and provides, among many other things, a...
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Sep 30, 2020
Look Before You Leap: Multiple Employer Plans Now A Target Of Fee Litigation
Defined contribution plans continue to be the targets of litigation alleging that the plans have been mismanaged and that their ...
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Aug 31, 2020
California Fully-Insured Health Plans Affected by New Criteria for Registered Domestic Partnerships
On July 30, 2019, Governor Newsom of California signed into law SB30, which amends California Family Code criteria to register a ...
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