Federal Appeals Court Issues Stay On ACA Judgement
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a stay on a lower court ruling striking down certain preventive care coverage mandates under the Affordable Care Act. On March 30, […]
Missing Participant and Uncashed Checks
As a plan sponsor of a company retirement plan, it is important to have a process for locating missing participants and notifying participants of uncashed checks. Failure to do so […]
Federal Judge in Texas Strikes Down Key ACA Provision Regarding Preventive Care Services
On March 30, 2023, the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas (Court) issued a final ruling invalidating certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) preventive care […]
DOL Signals July 10 as End of COVID-19 Outbreak Period, Despite Early End to National Emergency
On Monday, April 10, 2023, President Biden signed Congress’s jointly-introduced H.J Res. 7 into law, ending the COVID-19 National Emergency immediately instead of on May 11, 2023, as previously announced. […]
Profit Sharing Plan and Retroactive Amendment
As a follow-up to last month’s blog on the benefits of retroactively establishing a profit-sharing plan, the Secure Act 2.0 also gives retirement plan sponsors the ability to retroactively amend […]
Internal Revenue Service Releases 2024 ACA Penalty Amounts
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Rev. Proc. 2023-17, which outlines the inflation adjustments for the employer shared responsibility payments (ESRP) under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Under the ACA’s […]
Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights Signed into Law in New Jersey
In early February 2023, Governor Phil Murphy signed the Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights (the Bill) which expands the rights and protections afforded to temporary workers. The Bill is applicable […]
President Biden Adopts the New Regulations Impacting Working Mothers
Congress recently passed, through the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act (the Act) which makes several changes to the Break Time for Nursing Mothers law, enacted […]
Tax Planning and Profit Sharing Plan
If you’re a business owner looking to save for retirement while also reducing your taxable income, adding a profit-sharing component to an employer retirement plan could be an attractive option. […]
President Biden Reveals Plan to End National COVID-19 Emergency
On January 30 President Biden issued a statement of policy to Congress in which he announced that the administration plans to end both the National Emergency related to COVID-19 originally […]
