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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Seyfarth Synopsis: As you’ll recall, last Spring, the DOL and IRS issued guidelines providing relief from certain deadlines for employee benefit plans, retroactive to March 1, 2020 (i.e., the beginning of the COVID-19 national emergency declared by the President). The relief was issued pursuant to authority granted to the agencies under ERISA Section 518 and Code Section 7508(A) and extended through the end of the “Outbreak Period...

Michael H. Woolever Tax Attorney Foley & Lardner Chicago, IL focusing on executive compensation, ERISA Title I issues, ERISA class action litigation, and other employee benefit and federal income tax matters.

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: While many of us were still in a food coma from the holidays, former President Trump signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (the “CAA”) on December 27, 2020.  The CAA includes provisions impacting both retirement plans and health and welfare plans.  This blog focuses on the effective dates for the health and welfare changes.  In later articles we will provide more substantive information. Some of the CAA pr...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On February 3, 2021, California’s Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) announced that it has commenced its first formal enforcement action and launched a separate investigation into student loan debt relief companies.  Goodwin previously provided an overview of three new California consumer finance laws that became effective in January 2021, including the California Consumer Financial Protection Law (CCFPL), wh...

As the COVID-19 pandemic began to overwhelm the country last spring, the Departments of Labor (“DOL”) and Treasury (together, the “Departments”) became concerned that the disruption...

Committee Reports Senate Health and Human Services Committee Chairman Ben Watson (R-Savannah) and the Health and Human Services Committee took up one proposal, SB 116, authored by Senator Randy Robertson (R-Cataula). The legislation seeks to enact in Chapter 5 of Title 49 the “Maternity Supportive Housing Act.” The legislation would allow nonprofits to own and operate housing for women who are ages 18 and older and who need a place to live while pregnant and for up to 18 months after the ch...

Gov. Brian Kemp announced a proposal to repeal an "antiquated" law that was used at one point to justify the Ahmaud Arbery shooting.

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: This is the latest in a series of articles discussing selected updates to the Department of Consumer Affairs’ (DCA) waivers issued in response to Governor Newsom’s March 30, 2020 Executive Order N-39-20, which authorized the DCA to temporarily waive or suspend certain professional licensing requirements for healthcare professionals licensed under the California Business and Professions Code (Code). Healthcare providers and facilit...

Know the Road with the CHP: Can I use a turn lane to pass? KFSN Share: FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- If a two-way road is divided by a left turn lane, can that lane be used to pass a car in front of you? "The answer is no," said Sgt. Brian Pennings with the California Highway Patrol. "Vehicle Code Section 21460.5 specifically prohibits this." "In fact, it also says you cannot travel on that lane for more than 200 feet," he explained. "For instance, if youre stopped at a red light and theres a signif...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) provided much-anticipated guidance on completing the first Pay Data Report, which is due by March 31, 2021. Additional information regarding the report is expected to be available later this month. This serves as an update to the Senate Bill 973 signed into effect on September 30, 2020 and codified as Government Code Section 12999, requires private employers with more th...