Labor Days
Employee Benefits Implications of the Bipartisan Budget Act
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (“Act”) was signed into law on February 9, 2018. It includes certain provisions impacting employee benefits, 401(k) plans in particular. The following is a brief description of some…
New Disability Claims Procedures
As we communicated in our previous advisory, the U.S. Department of Labor has issued new Disability Claims Procedures rules. The original effective date of these rules was extended with the result that the new rules…
Health Care Reform–Cadillac Tax and Other Updates
This Advisory supplements our previous advisories dated December 2016, December 2015 (as supplemented in January 2016 ), October 2014, October 2013, November 2012, November 2011, and October 2010, addressing…
New Tax Law Impact on Employee Benefits and Compensation
At the end of 2017, President Trump signed into law The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) that includes significant changes in the employee benefits area, most of which became effective on January 1, 2018. The…
Hurricane Disaster Relief
President Signs Bill Granting Hurricane Disaster Relief In the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, President Trump recently signed the Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and Airway…