Mar 31, 2020 | Firm Overview Articles, Employee Benefits & ERISA News, Labor & Employment Law News
The recently-enacted Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) contains several provisions allowing individuals to gain access to their retirement plan funds as well as short-term funding relief for sponsors of defined benefit... read more
Mar 30, 2020 | Firm Overview Articles, Employee Benefits & ERISA News
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and related uncertainty, many employers are endeavoring to make lives easier for their employers and plan participants. Q: Can employers to extend the FSA reimbursement submission deadline? A: Yes, employers can extend the deadline... read more
Mar 20, 2020 | Firm Overview Articles, Employee Benefits & ERISA News, Labor & Employment Law News
Author: Fraser Stryker Labor & Employment Law Attorneys Congress passed and the President signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) which will significantly impact most private employers with fewer than five hundred (500) employees.... read more
Mar 13, 2020 | Firm Overview Articles, Employee Benefits & ERISA News
Emily Langdon Employee Benefits & ERISA Attorney elangdon@fraserstryker.com Author: Communications In a March 12th report by KETV NewWatch 7 anchor David Earl, Fraser Stryker benefits attorney Emily Langdon offered advice on how employers should address COVID-19... read more
Sep 23, 2019 | Employee Benefits & ERISA News
On September 19, 2019, the IRS issued final regulations updating the rules for hardship distributions from 401(k) plans and certain other qualified plans. The final regulations largely reflect changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the Bipartisan Budget Act of... read more
Jan 28, 2016 | Employee Benefits & ERISA News
The Eighth Circuit ruled that an insurance company that offered investment options and associated services to employees participating in a retirement plan was not acting as a fiduciary with respect to allegedly excessive fees it charged plan participants. The ruling... read more
