Join Us for the Employee Benefits Symposium 2024

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Join us in-person to hear updates on retirement plan audits, Mental Health Parity requirements and risks, ERISA fiduciary developments, SECURE 2.0 eligibility rules, benefits in mergers and acquisitions, service provider contracts, and more.

Reserve your seat by registering (click here to register). This event is in-person only, so please attend the symposium at one of our Holland & Hart offices: Billings, MT | Boise, ID | Denver, CO | Salt Lake City, UT.

For more information, please view our full agenda here.

Tuesday, February 27, 2024
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM MST

CLE/CPE Credits: 3.0 CLE and CPE credits pending for Colorado, Idaho, Montana, and Utah.

PREREQUISITES: None

COST: None

Questions: Please contact Lisa Adelberg.

Celebrate Good Times…With the Sounds of the Holland & Hart’s Benefits Dial

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Thank you to all who have tuned in to our blog throughout this past year. To wrap up our year of melodic insights into benefits, we’re again sharing a playlist of the songs referenced in the titles of our 2022 Benefits Dial blog posts. Enjoy the sounds, and we look forward to having you dial in again in 2023!

Sing a Song … To Celebrate 2021 and Look Forward to 2022!

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Like Earth, Wind & Fire so wisely advised in 1975, “Sing a song, it’ll make your day.” Thanks to all of you who have read our blog throughout the year. We hope you have smiled at our goofy puns and perhaps even learned an interesting benefits bit or two. To remind you of the fun we’ve had and the things we’ve learned, please enjoy the playlist of the songs we used in our 2021 blogs. See you in 2022!

 

Deadlines and Commitments: DOL and IRS Temporary Rule for COVID

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by Lyn Domenick and Bret Busacker

The US Department of Labor and Internal Revenue Service published temporary rules that extend certain deadlines under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code applicable to retirement plans, group health plans, and other welfare plans during the COVID-19 national emergency period.  We focus here on the group health plan deadlines including those related to COBRA, Special Enrollment and ERISA claims procedures. This guidance which became effective May 4, 2020 may be reviewed here.

The temporary rule requires all self-funded and insured ERISA group health plans to disregard what is defined as the “Outbreak Period” in measuring notice and election deadlines.  The “Outbreak Period” is the period from March 1, 2020, until 60 days after the announced end of the COVID-19 national emergency under the Stafford Act (or such other date announced in a future notice).  Governmental group health plans are encouraged, but not required, to adopt the temporary rule.

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There’s something happenin’ here . . . introducing the Benefits Dial

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Welcome to the Benefits Dial, a new blog authored by members of Holland & Hart’s Benefits Law Group. We will share our insights on current trends, pending legislation, regulatory developments, and practical tips about common situations that arise in employee benefits and executive compensation. Tune in to the Benefits Dial for the best in benefits law news. Come for the catchy tunes, stay for the legal insights.

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