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ERISA Deadlines Updating for Employers in 2023
Wednesday, February 8, 2023 With the pandemic winding down, deadlines for employee benefit plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) will be resuming. Two different emergencies affect employer-sponsored group health plans: the national emergency and the public health emergency. Recently, the White House announced that both the national emergency and the public health emergency are ending on May 11, 2023.
Employers Prepare for Thawing ERISA Deadlines
With the pandemic winding down, deadlines for employee benefit plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) will be resuming. Two different emergencies affect employer-sponsored group health plans: the national emergency and the public health emergency. Recently, the White House announced that both the national emergency and the public health emergency are ending on May 11, 2023.
Employers Prepare for Thawing ERISA Deadlines
COVID-19/Coronavirus, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Share this Insight With the pandemic winding down, deadlines for employee benefit plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) will be resuming. Two different emergencies affect employer-sponsored group health plans: the national emergency and the public health emergency. Recently, the White House announced that both the national emergency and the public health emergency are ending on May 11, 2023.
HHS, DOL, and Treasury Give Employer-Sponsored Health Plans Another Warning on Providing Contraceptive Coverage | JD Supra
Employers can’t say they weren’t warned. For the second time in six months, frequently asked question (FAQ) guidance from federal regulators is calling attention to the requirement that employer-sponsored health plans provide coverage for women, without any cost sharing, for the full range of contraceptive methods approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
HHS, DOL, and Treasury Give Employer-Sponsored Health Plans Another Warning on Providing Contraceptive Coverage
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So You Missed the IRS’s Preapproved Defined Contribution Retirement Plan Restatement Deadline - Now What? | JD Supra
Every six years, all preapproved defined contribution retirement plans (such as 401(k) plans) must be restated in new plan documents that have fresh approval from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The deadline to adopt the newest preapproved documents was July 31, 2022. That means every preapproved defined contribution plan should have an updated plan document with a signature date of July 31, 2022, or earlier.
So You Missed the IRS’s Preapproved Defined Contribution Retirement Plan Restatement Deadline-Now What?
Every six years, all preapproved defined contribution retirement plans (such as 401(k) plans) must be restated in new plan documents that have fresh approval from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The deadline to adopt the newest preapproved documents was July 31, 2022. That means every preapproved defined contribution plan should have an updated plan document with a signature date of July 31, 2022, or earlier.
Employer-Provided COVID-19 Testing: An Employee Benefits Q&A
United States: Employer-Provided COVID-19 Testing: An Employee Benefits Q&A 22 November 2021 by Timothy Stanton and Jessica Kuester Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart Your LinkedIn Connections with the authors To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com.
Employer-Provided COVID-19 Testing: An Employee Benefits Q&A | JD Supra
Although the fate of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) rules remains in limbo, many employers are moving ahead with efforts to comply with the OSHA emergency temporary standard (ETS) that requires employers with 100 or more employees to ensure that all are fully vaccinated or subject to COVID-19 testing at least weekly. Those efforts are raising a range of employee benefits questions and below we answer some of the questions employers often ask. Question 1.
Health Plan Surcharge For Unvaccinated Employees: New Guidance Provides A Roadmap
United States: Health Plan Surcharge For Unvaccinated Employees: New Guidance Provides A Roadmap 08 October 2021 by Timothy Stanton and Jessica Kuester Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart Your LinkedIn Connections with the authors To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com.
Current Trends In Vaccine Incentives (Podcast)
United States: Current Trends In Vaccine Incentives (Podcast) 21 June 2021 by Jessica E. Kuester and Nonnie Shivers Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. In this podcast, Nonnie Shivers and Jessica Kuester discuss six common types of vaccination incentive programs.
Current Trends in Vaccine Incentives
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Can Companies Legally Mandate Vaccines for Their Employees?
Positions that require an employee to interact with large numbers of customers might be a better candidate for a mandatory vaccine policy than a position where the employee sits in a private office all day. Photo: Unsplash In the U.S., the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently announced that employers can require that employees returning to the office get vaccinated against COVID-19. But what does that mean in practice? Does it refer to all employees?
Agencies Issue FAQs On Required Comparative Analysis Of Nonquantitative Treatment Limitations - Employment and HR - United States
United States: Agencies Issue FAQs On Required Comparative Analysis Of Nonquantitative Treatment Limitations 21 May 2021 by Ruth Anne Collins Michels and Jessica Kuester Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA), 2021 had far-reaching effects on employee benefit plans.
Agencies Issue FAQs on Required Comparative Analysis of Nonquantitative Treatment Limitations | JD Supra
"The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA), 2021 had far-reaching effects on employee benefit plans. One of the more onerous changes introduced by the CAA relates to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA). MHPAEA requires that group health plans offering mental health and substance use disorder benefits (MH/SUD benefits) provide those benefits on no less generous terms than medical and surgical benefits.
Agencies Issue FAQs on Required Comparative Analysis of Non-Quantitative Treatment Limitations
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Agencies Issue FAQs on Required Comparative Analysis of Nonquantitative Treatment Limitations
The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA), 2021 had far-reaching effects on employee benefit plans. One of the more onerous changes introduced by the CAA relates to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA). MHPAEA requires that group health plans offering mental health and substance use disorder benefits (MH/SUD benefits) provide those benefits on no less generous terms than medical and surgical benefits.
Vaccine Incentives - You Have Questions, We Have Answers | JD Supra
More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, employers are happy to be more focused on vaccine issues than on issues relating to furloughs and layoffs. As record numbers of vaccinations take place daily, many employers have been asking what they can or should do to encourage their employees to become vaccinated. Federal regulators have weighed in on questions regarding incentives, though the guidance has not always been as clear and definite as one might hope.
COVID-19 Vaccine Incentives Without The HIPAA Headache
United States: COVID-19 Vaccine Incentives Without The HIPAA Headache 19 March 2021 by Jessica E. Kuester and Matthew Hoffman Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com.
COVID-19 Vaccine Incentives Without the HIPAA Headache | JD Supra
On February 26, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor, along with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of the Treasury, issued answers to new frequently asked questions (FAQs) interpreting certain provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. This article reviews the portion of the FAQs that directly apply to employer vaccination incentive programs.
COVID-19 Vaccine Incentives Without the HIPAA Headache
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Incentivizing (COVID-19) Vaccinations: What Employers Need to Know | JD Supra
As COVID-19 vaccines become available to greater swaths of the population, many employers are considering ways to incentivize employees to get vaccinated. Incentives can take many forms, including extra pay, paid time off, gift cards, or tangible gifts. Employers that offer incentives to employees to get vaccinated may be creating group health plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
Incentivizing (COVID-19) Vaccinations: What Employers Need To Know
United States: Incentivizing (COVID-19) Vaccinations: What Employers Need To Know 16 February 2021 by Jessica E. Kuester and Matthew Hoffman Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. As COVID-19 vaccines become available to greater swaths of the population, many employers are considering ways to incentivize employees to get vaccinated.
Incentivizing (COVID-19) Vaccinations: What Employers Need to Know
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Incentivizing (COVID-19) Vaccinations: What Employers Need to Know
As COVID-19 vaccines become available to greater swaths of the population, many employers are considering ways to incentivize employees to get vaccinated. Incentives can take many forms, including extra pay, paid time off, gift cards, or tangible gifts. Employers that offer incentives to employees to get vaccinated may be creating group health plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
EEOC Issues Long-Awaited Proposed Wellness Program Rules | JD Supra
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently issued its revamped proposed rules governing employer-sponsored wellness programs. These proposed rules have been a long time coming, with the EEOC’s prior rules on the topic having been invalidated by a court and then partially revoked.
EEOC Issues Long-Awaited Proposed Wellness Program Rules
United States: EEOC Issues Long-Awaited Proposed Wellness Program Rules 15 January 2021 by Jason A. Rothman , Kristine M. Bingman and Jessica Kuester Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently issued its revamped proposed rules governing employer-sponsored wellness programs.
Consolidated Appropriations Act Requirements To Increase Health Plan Transparency
United States: Consolidated Appropriations Act Requirements To Increase Health Plan Transparency 30 December 2020 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA), 2021, which was signed into law December 27, 2020, includes provisions designed to increase transparency in employee health benefit plans in four key areas.
Employee Health Benefit Plan Transparency Provisions in Consolidated Appropriations Act
Monday, December 28, 2020 The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA), 2021, which was signed into law December 27, 2020, includes provisions designed to increase transparency in employee health benefit plans in four key areas.
DOL Finally Relaxes Its Electronic Delivery Rule—But Only For Retirement Plans - Employment and HR - United States
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Spurred By COVID-19 Emergency, IRS Issues Cafeteria Plan Relief
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DOL Finally Relaxes Its Electronic Delivery Rule—But Only for Retirement Plans | Lexology
On May 21, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced publication of its long-awaited guidance on electronic participant disclosures. The good news is that the DOL has taken a step in the right direction in easing some of the difficulties that were present in the prior electronic communications safe harbor. The bad news is that the new guidance applies only to retirement plans. This leaves health and welfare plans without an updated compliance safe harbor.
DOL Finally Relaxes Its Electronic Delivery Rule—But Only for Retirement Plans
Sunday, May 24, 2020 On May 21, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced publication of its long-awaited guidance on electronic participant disclosures. The good news is that the DOL has taken a step in the right direction in easing some of the difficulties that were present in the prior electronic communications safe harbor. The bad news is that the new guidance applies only to retirement plans. This leaves health and welfare plans without an updated compliance safe harbor.
DOL Finally Relaxes Its Electronic Delivery Rule—But Only for Retirement Plans | LexBlog
On May 21, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced publication of its long-awaited guidance on electronic participant disclosures. The good news is that the DOL has taken a step in the right direction in easing some of the difficulties that were present in the prior electronic communications safe harbor. The bad news is that the new guidance applies only to retirement plans.
Spurred by COVID-19 Emergency, IRS Issues Cafeteria Plan Relief | JD Supra
Relief from the strict employee benefit cafeteria plan mid-year election changes rules has finally arrived. In Notice 2020-29, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued guidance providing cafeteria plan participants with additional flexibility to make mid-year election changes as needed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new guidance also contains some non-COVID-19–related adjustments.
Spurred by COVID-19 Emergency, IRS Issues Cafeteria Plan Relief
Relief from the strict employee benefit cafeteria plan mid-year election changes rules has finally arrived. In Notice 2020-29, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued guidance providing cafeteria plan participants with additional flexibility to make mid-year election changes as needed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
HHS Proposed Guidance Would Clarify Rules For Drug Manufacturer Coupons
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HHS Proposed Guidance Would Clarify Rules for Drug Manufacturer Coupons | JD Supra
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IRS Extends Deadline to Provide Forms 1095-B and 1095-C to Individuals | JD Supra
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IRS Extends Deadline to Provide Forms 1095-B and 1095-C to Individuals
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