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In response to an Executive Order from President Trump, the DOL, HHS, and the IRS proposed new regulations to expand the use of HRAs to pay for certain medical expenses. They now have released final regulations that will be published in the Federal Register on June...
Delayed Contribution Date: On Friday, June 14, 2019. the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has delayed Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) contributions from employers and employees. The new start date for required PFML contributions is October 1, 2019. On October 1,...
HHS has issued proposed regulations that, if finalized, would significantly revise existing regulations issued under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act ("ACA"). The proposed regulations would continue to prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color,...
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The SEC, by a 3-1 party line vote, issued in a timely fashion its final regulations with respect to broker-dealer conduct, referred to as Regulation Best Interest ("Regulation BI"). The SEC's related press release can be found by clicking here. Regulation BI is...
The IRS and HHS have released some of the 2020 inflation-adjusted limits for certain employee welfare benefit plans and the dollar amounts used for certain discrimination tests. Health Savings Accounts ("HSAs"). The IRS released the inflation-adjusted contribution...
Employee benefit and executive compensation related issues have been known to unravel merger and acquisition transactions. These sometimes seriously disruptive issues can explode an otherwise viable deal when overlooked until the last minute. The list below is...
In Information Letter 2019-002, the IRS has confirmed that unused transportation benefits will be forfeited when an employee terminates employment. Qualified transportation fringe benefits include: (i) transportation between the employee's residence and place of...
There are three instructive takeaways from the April 24th decision in Weller v. Linde Pension Excess Program (D. NJ). In that case, the employer failed in its effort to end the case before significant discovery and expense would result. Worse for the employer: the...