Group health plan sponsors that are providing the temporary COBRA premium subsidy required by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) must provide advance notice to certain recipients that the COBRA subsidy will end. The notice...more
On April 7, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released model notices that can be used by group health plan sponsors to notify laid off employees and other “assistance eligible individuals” about the COBRA premium...more
On May 27, 2020, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) published a Final Rule that establishes an alternative “safe harbor” method by which retirement plan administrators can provide participant disclosures and notices...more
Administrators of qualified retirement plans have always had to deal with the problem of “missing participants” – that is, terminated vested participants for whom the administrator does not have a current mailing address or...more