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Federal Appeals Court Decision Reminds Employers About Their Duty to Monitor Service Providers of ERISA-Covered Health and Welfare...

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A federal appeals court just illustrated the importance of an employer’s duty to monitor service providers that assist with the administration of employee welfare benefit plans. In the May 21 decision of Tiara Yachts v. Blue...more

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and...

Retirement Plan Update – Forfeitures are New Focus of Fiduciary Breach Litigation

Many employer-sponsored defined contributions plans, including 401(k) profit sharing plans and money purchase pension plans include a vesting schedule – a period over which a plan participant earns a nonforfeitable right to...more

Dickinson Wright

A Cautionary Tale for Administrators Who Neglect Employee Benefit Plan Terms

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Individuals responsible for 401(k) retirement or welfare plan decisions know that the plan document is the first place to look for guidance when deciding a difficult administration question, such as whether a participant is...more

Alston & Bird

Do You Need to Send an Annual Notice to Plan Participants? If So, You May Need to Do So by December 1, 2020*

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Our Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group reviews the multiple year-end notices that defined contribution plans must issue to participants....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Beware of the “Overshare”: Construe Requests for ERISA Plan Documents Narrowly!

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Administrators of ERISA plans frequently receive requests from participants, beneficiaries, and their representatives for plan-related documents. A recent decision from the Court of Appeals for the Fifth...more

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Best Practices in Administering Benefit Claims #7 – Understanding Attorney-Client Privilege in the Benefits Claims Process

When a plan administrator is attending to a benefit claim and thinks it is time to call in an attorney, are those discussions privileged and protected from disclosure to claimants? In this week’s blog, we take a look at some...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

IRS Proposed Regulations on Hardship Distributions: What Plan Sponsors and Administrators May Do Now and Must Do Later - Employee...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued proposed amendments to the regulations governing hardship distributions under 401(k) and 403(b) plans. Many plan administrators of 401(k) and 403(b) plans permitting hardship...more

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New Disability Claims Procedures Affect Retirement Plans and Deferred Compensation Plans Too

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Much has been written about the Department of Labor’s final rule regarding disability benefit claims procedures (the “Final Rule”), which took effect on April 2, 2018. And by now, most employers – and all disability insurance...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

No More Delays! New Disability Claims Rules to Take Effect April 2, Says DOL

On April 2, 2018, significant changes to ERISA’s disability claims procedures will take effect. These new rules will require all ERISA-covered plans which provide disability benefits to make significant modifications to the...more

Snell & Wilmer

The New Disability Claims Regulations: They Don’t Only Apply to Disability Plans

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The Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued regulations that revise the ERISA claims procedure regulations for employee benefit plans that provide disability benefits (the “New Disability Claims Regulations” or “New Regulations”)....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Second Circuit Applies Stricter Rules for a Plan Administrator’s Noncompliance with Benefit Claims Regulations

In Depth - On April 12, 2016, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Halo v. Yale Health Plan, 2016 WL 1426291 (2d Cir. Apr. 12, 2016), addressed various issues that could arise during a plan administrator’s...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Seventh Circuit Does The Math and Sides with Plan Administrator in Pension Calculation Dispute

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On Wednesday, March 16, the Seventh Circuit inspired a collective sigh of relief among actuaries and plan administrators everywhere. In Cocker v. Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis Pension Plan for Nonschedule...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

DOL Notice on Tips for Selecting and Monitoring an ERISA Plan Auditor Alarms Recipients – Fear Not!

If you have recently received a notice from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), titled “Tips for Selecting and Monitoring a Plan Auditor,” do not be alarmed. It does not mean that you are being audited by the DOL and it does...more

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