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DOL & Treasury Extend Certain ERISA-Related Deadlines for Helene and Milton Impacted Areas

On November 8, the Departments of Labor and Treasury (the “Departments”) issued guidance extending certain deadlines related to retirement, health, and welfare plans in response to Hurricane Helene, Tropical Storm Helene, and...more

Possible Impact of New DOL Employee Classification Rule on Employee Benefits

The DOL Wage and Hour Division recently released a new rule changing how workers are classified under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) (“Final Rule”). The Final Rule replaces DOL’s 2021 final regulation and provides a...more

DOL Seeks Input on SECURE 2.0 Changes

On August 11, 2023, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a Request for Information (“RFI”) asking for stakeholder input on a number of regulatory issues related to the SECURE 2.0 Act. The wide-ranging RFI seeks feedback on...more

Seventh Circuit Affirms Plan Sponsor’s Discretion for Severance Benefits

A recent opinion out of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit provides additional support for ERISA-governed severance plans to incorporate a “discretionary component” as a factor in determining eligibility for...more

Proposed “One-Bad-Apple” Rules – IRS Takes Another Cut

On March 25, the IRS issued a set of proposed regulations under Internal Revenue (“Code”) section 413(c) and 413(e) addressing multiple employer plans, or “MEPs,” and pooled employer plans, or “PEPs.” 87 Fed. Reg. 17225. We...more

Church Plan Litigation – Out of the ERISA Woods Into the State Law Forest

If you thought that church plan litigation was effectively over after the Supreme Court’s decision upholding the traditional interpretation of the ERISA church plan definition in its 2017 decision in Advocate Health Care...more

House Budget Reconciliation Text Includes Significant Health, Paid Leave, and Retirement Provisions

On September 15, the House Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce Committees advanced components of the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package (“Budget Legislation” or “the Legislation”). The Legislation...more

DOL Information Letter Regarding Production of Recording of Call Between Plan Representative and Claimant

The Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently issued an information letter, DOL Information Letter 06-14-2021 (the “Letter”), addressing the question of whether the ERISA claim regulation requires production of an audio recording...more

Emerging Case Law Supports Forum-Selection Clauses in ERISA Plans

A recent decision by the Ninth Circuit upholds the enforceability of forum-selection clauses in ERISA plans. The case, In re Becker v. United States Dist. Court, No. 20-72805, 2021 WL 1219745 (9th Cir. Apr. 1, 2021), is in...more

Supreme Court Limits Ability of Pension Plan Participants to Sue for Fiduciary Breach

In Thole v. U.S. Bank, the Supreme Court held that defined benefit plan participants who are receiving their full pension benefit lack constitutional standing to bring a lawsuit alleging that the plan fiduciaries breached...more

IRS Extends More Pension Deadlines For COVID-19

IRS Notice 2020-35 is a follow-on to Notice 2020-23 that provided for a wide range of pension filings and actions that were otherwise due between April 1 and July 14, 2020 that were extended until July 15, 2020. ...more

DOL Provides COVID-19 Relief for Retirement Plans

On April 28th, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (“EBSA”) of the Department of Labor (“DOL”), together with the Department of the Treasury, issued helpful guidance for retirement plans that extends certain...more

Round One of SECURE Act Guidance – IRA Reporting Relief for 2020 MRDs

IRA providers were concerned with not being able to “stop the presses” when it came to notices being provided in January to IRA owners regarding the need to take 2020 minimum required distributions (“MRDs”)....more

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