IRS Notice 2016-4 makes for some happy reading. (IRS Notice 2016-4) Background. All Applicable Large Employers (those with 50 or more full time equivalent employees) must report on Form 1095 whether they offered affordable, minimum essential coverage at minimum value to employees (and their dependents) who...
Here’s a link to IRS Notice 2016-4, extending the deadline for issuing and filing Forms 1094 and 1095. Stay tuned for more on this. (IRS Notice 2016-4) Kudos to Holly Fistler who first spotted this one in our group. Update: Click here for our summary.
The “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016″ bill has been signed. (whitehouse.gov) (CNN) (GPO). We discussed the bill briefly last week, but a few things are worth repeating: The Cadillac tax gets delayed to 2020. Full speed ahead for the DOL’s fiduciary rule. That’s in spite of...
Interest rates going up? Easy call. But what about those benefits developments from Wednesday? There’s plenty to digest over the last few weeks in December. Here’s a sampling of what we found interesting. Omnibus Spending Bill Here’s the text of the bill as posted on the...
We’re running a little behind today. Here are some post-climate talk, pre-budget bill things to think about in the benefits world. Congress continues to negotiate on a budget deal and there’s a good chance we will see benefits provisions–either in the budget bill or pending...
I was pleased to see a post on Project 5 / 165 by my colleague, Melinda Maher. Our site here is about employee benefits education and commentary. As a longtime partner in a BigLaw environment and one who advises on employee benefits and corporate executive...
I was happy to participate in the Minneapolis Project 5 / 165 Workshop at Dorsey in Minneapolis today with some of the area’s most influential women corporate counsel. (dorsey.com) Project 5/165 is an invitation-only series of regional educational workshops designed to support and accelerate the...
Let’s see. It’s early December. That means open-enrollment is winding down for many, year-end checklists are in vogue and ACA has survived for another year. What are we thinking about this week? Some good stuff from our actuary friends. ASPPA comments may have been influential...
Thanks to Minnesota Bench & Bar for publishing (and illustrating) our article on the impact of the Supreme Court’s marriage on employee benefits. (Minnesota Bench & Bar).
Note. I spent 12 years in a large firm as an employee benefits lawyer and another 12 as an Assistant General Counsel for Pay & Benefits at a Fortune 50 company. I’m now back at my law firm. That makes me pretty lucky. This is...
Summary. This is Part 2 of a 3-part series on state retirement plan legislation. Part 1 was an Overview. Here we focus on recent guidance issued by the Department of Labor that makes it easier for states to take a prescriptive approach to retirement policy...
Summary: This is Part 1 of a 3 part series on state retirement plan legislation. States are experimenting with their own solutions to fill the gap of an effective national retirement policy. (Sound familiar? Remember health care reform in Massachusetts?). This is no longer a...
Here are a few things to consider alongside your cyber-Monday web-surfing. We have some very good intelligence suggesting that Congress is considering pushing the Cadillac (tax) down the road a few years. Members of Congress reportedly left for Thanksgiving break with a proposal on the...
Here’s a post from Daily Lawyer Tips. Where do we start? “For corporate associates doing deals, one of the hardest things about working with specialist attorneys is that they have a hard time thinking about the bigger picture beyond their specialty. So it’s always a...
Many expect retirement policy to be a focus of the next Congress. That seems to be supported by recent events. Here are a few: The DOL gave a green light to various state retirement plan designs last week, explaining how they can avoid ERISA. State...
How many of you are tired of ACA reporting questions? Here are a few other things to take your mind off Forms 1094 and 1095: The Real Reasons People Retire. (Fidelity) Maybe it’s those 1095s? TowersWatson / National Business Group on Health released their impressive...
A few things to ponder as you start your week in the world of employee benefits. Another rock (or is it a hard place?) for wellness plans. EEOC issues proposed rules under GINA. (EEOC Proposed Regs) (EEOC Fact Sheet) More evidence that individual consumer issues will...
Today’s Monday Briefing is “short form” to give time to prepare for Dorsey’s annual Corporate Counsel Symposium (over 900 attendees the last time we checked) featuring a panel discussion on “Avoiding Liability in the Rapidly Changing Healthcare Industry.” Proposed IRS regulations save some big re-writing time...
Andrew HollyAndrew represents clients in a wide range of complex civil matters.
Nick BullardNick is a trial partner in Dorsey’s office in Minneapolis. ...
Tim ArendsChair of the Benefits and Compensation practice group, Tim devot...
Shannon BjorklundShannon provides advice and litigation assistance to companies...
Tim GoodmanTim Goodman works with employers on medical plans, retirement pl...
Alan IversonAlan is a litigator in Dorsey’s trial group with a focus on cli...
Stephen P. LuckeSteve represents businesses, employers, insurers, and fiduciarie...
Marianne O'BaraMarianne works regularly with numerous non-U.S. companies and t...
Kirsten SchubertKirsten helps clients large and small navigate all aspects of com...
Michael VovesEmployee Benefits, Minneapolis
