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The Internal Revenue Service has issued Revenue Procedure 2020-36 to implement the 2021 index adjustments for certain Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) contribution percentages used to determine affordability under the employer shared responsibility mandate....
The Department of Labor (“DOL”) has issued additional Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”) on the administration of Emergency Paid Sick Leave (“EPSL”) and Emergency Family and Medical Leave (“EFMLA”) under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”)....
On July 16, 2020, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that it is funding an in-depth statistical analysis on the EEO-1 Component 2 pay data collected for FY 2017 and 2018. In the past, covered employers were required to provide data...
The Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), and the IRS (collectively, the “Agencies”) have issued proposed regulations that would provide greater flexibility for plan sponsors that wish to retain their group health plans’ “grandfathered”...
On June 30, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) new “relationship summary,” known as Form CRS, took effect. Form CRS — which broker-dealers and SEC-registered investment advisers (“RIA”) are required to provide to their retail investors — is...
The Wagner Law Group is pleased to announce that we have received IRS approval of our non-standardized defined contribution plan document, further bolstering our firm’s position at the forefront of the qualified retirement plan document and compliance realm. A...
By Livia Q. Aber and Barry Salkin In August 2018, President Trump issued Executive Order 13847, Strengthening Retirement Security in America, one portion of which asked government agencies to explore the potential for broader use of electronic disclosure, as a way of...
Three recent decisions illustrate the threats facing multiemployer plans as they struggle to collect withdrawal liability while trying to forestall insolvency. We covered those issues here. In United Mine Workers of America 1974 Pension Plan v. Energy West Mining Co.,...
Further demonstrating the lack of clarity on who is liable when a plan suffers a data breach, on June 30th, Abbott Laboratories and Alight Solutions, pointed fingers at each other in dueling motions to dismiss a complaint that alleged both were fiduciaries in...
The Department of Labor (“DOL”) has issued Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2020-4 ("FAB 2020-4") to provide guidance on when an employee may take paid leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) to care for his or her child due to the closure of a...