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Below is a collection of vital COVID-19 resources that we have assembled to assist during this difficult time: ANNOUNCEMENTS The Wagner Law Group Creates COVID-19 Rapid Response Team and Resource Center - March 31, 2020 The Wagner Law Group's COVID-19 Commitment The...
The IRS has issued Notice 2021-15 (“Notice”) to provide clarification on the flexible spending account (“FSA”) relief contained in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (“CAA”). The Notice also extends cafeteria plan election relief, and provides guidance on...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in Estate of Foster v. American Marine Servs. Group Benefits Plan, has held that an employer failed to provide a former employee with adequate notice of the limited time period for converting his group life insurance coverage to an...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has determined that the COVID-19 emergency presents exceptional circumstances for consumers in accessing health insurance, and will be providing a new Special Enrollment Period (“SEP”) allowing individuals and...
On January 7, 2021 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued an opinion letter explaining the application of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”) to individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements (“ICHRAs”). Law. ICHRAs can...
View Printable PDF Introduction When ERISA was enacted in 1974, its primary focus was on employee pension plans, which is understandable since its enactment was a response to highly publicized pension plan failures, such as the failure of the Studebaker Pension Plan....
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The Department of Labor has issued additional FAQs regarding the expiration of the requirement that employers provide paid sick and family leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”). Law. The FFCRA required employers to provide paid sick leave...
By Stephen Wilkes and Susan Rees On December 15, 2020, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued class exemption 2020-02 (the PTE or Exemption) which provides conditional relief to fiduciaries who render investment advice to employee benefit plans, plan participants, and...
Introduction The more things change the more they stay the same. Or do they? This question should be on every employee benefit plan fiduciary’s mind after January 12, 2021, when an amended U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) regulation went into effect changing the...