On July 19, 2021, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion in Ortiz v. American Airlines, upholding the dismissal of a class action lawsuit filed against American Airlines, the American Airlines Pension Asset...more
Multiemployer pension plans are collectively bargained defined-benefit employee benefit plans that are funded by several unrelated employers for the benefit of unionized employees. In recent years, the crisis of significantly...more
7/15/2021
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Eligibility ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Multiemployer Plan ,
Multiple Employer Plan (MEP) ,
PBGC ,
Pension Reform ,
Pensions ,
Proposed Regulation ,
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Withdrawal Liability
As noted in our prior blog posts here and here, Section 214 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (“Act”) permits employers to amend their flexible spending account (FSA) plans to help participants avoid forfeiting...more
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, enacted on December 27, 2020 (the CAA), includes limited relief pertaining to the partial termination of a qualified retirement plan that may have been inadvertently triggered by...more
1/27/2021
/ Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Former Employee ,
IRS ,
New Legislation ,
Plan Participants ,
Retirement Plan ,
Termination of Benefits
An Illinois district court issued a split decision in a case involving the cybertheft of retirement plan assets, allowing the plan administrator and plan sponsor to be dismissed, but requiring the recordkeeper to defend...more
In recent years, it has become the norm for the IRS to respond to a federally declared disaster by issuing guidance enabling employers to establish “Leave Donation Programs,” which allow employees to “convert” accrued...more
As most of the nation continues under lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have received inquiries about ways employers can provide additional benefits to employees during this unprecedented time.
On March 13, 2020, the...more
Since the end of the IRS’s cyclical determination letter program for individually designed retirement plans in 2017, plan sponsors have been able to request favorable determination letters for individually designed plans only...more
5/20/2019
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Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Determination Letter ,
Employee Benefits ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Filing Requirements ,
Hybrid Plan ,
IRS ,
Mergers ,
Public Comment ,
Qualified Retirement Plans ,
Retirement Plan ,
Revenue Procedures ,
Sanctions ,
Voluntary Correction Program