The time may have come to add a welfare plan committee to your company’s governance of employee benefit plans. New legal obligations and other developments impose fiduciary risks for welfare plans similar to what already...more
9/29/2023
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Affordable Care Act ,
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Gag Clauses ,
Health and Welfare Plans ,
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Early in the pandemic, the IRS and DOL issued a temporary rule (published May 4, 2020) extending certain deadlines applicable to retirement plans and health and welfare plans. (See Deadlines and Commitments: DOL and IRS...more
10/19/2020
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
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