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You Can Be Personally Liable For Withdrawal Liability Despite A Company’s Limited Liability Status

USA - November 30 2023 Unionized employers participating in an underfunded multiemployer pension plan face significant financial exposure when withdrawing (completely or…

Health Plan Sponsors in the Crosshairs?

USA - November 29 2023 America’s cultural wars may be opening up a new front, and group health plans may be caught in the fray. Since the US Supreme Court decision in Dobbs…

Self-Insured Health Plans: Adjusted PCORI Fee Announced for 2024

USA - November 17 2023 As discussed in a previous blog, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is an independent nonprofit research organization that…

2024 Cost of Living Adjustments for Retirement Plans

USA - November 1 2023 The Internal Revenue Service recently announced its cost-of-living adjustments applicable to dollar limitations on benefits and contributions for…

The Time for Long-Term Part-Time Employee Eligibility Compliance Has Nearly Arrived!

USA - October 13 2023 When the original SECURE Act was passed in 2019, compliance with its new long-term part-time employee rule seemed far in the future—way out to…

You Need to Calm Down

USA - September 25 2023 On August 9, the IRS issued a news release, IR-2023-144, warning taxpayers and advisors of “numerous compliance issues” with ESOPs, such as…

ACA Affordability Updated: Rev. Proc. 2023-29

USA - September 5 2023 Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), applicable large employers (ALEs) — i.e., those with, on average, fifty (50) or more full-time or…

A Current Roadmap for Complying with Mental Health Parity Requirement

USA - August 29 2023 Most employers know that if a group health plan provides mental health or substance use disorder (MH/SUD) benefits in any of six specified…

Just Catching-Up? Plan Sponsors Receive Eagerly Awaited Reprieve from Roth Catch-Up Implementation

USA - August 28 2023 With a multitude of questions surrounding implementation and administration, late on a summer Friday afternoon, the IRS issued Notice 2023-62…

What Employers Need to Know about the Mental Health Parity Proposed Regulations

USA - July 31 2023 On July 25, 2023, the tri-agencies of the Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services (the Departments) issued a Compendium of…