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New Hardship Rules, New DOL Disability Claims Procedures, and ACA Developments
January 17th, 2019
New Hardship Withdrawal Rules. We have been fielding a lot of calls from clients and friends who are receiving requests from their TPAs and other vendors to update their quali…
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IRS Lowers Previously-Announced 2018 Limits; IRS Guidance on HDHP Status
March 12th, 2018
Changes in 2018 Family HSA Limit and 2018 Adoption Assistance Limit The IRS just announced – mid-year – that the family Health Savings Account contribution limit for calen…
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Upcoming Seminar; Upcoming Client Celebration; New Budget Law’s Employee Benefit Changes
February 16th, 2018
I. Upcoming Seminar. As previously announced, we’ll be holding our next clients and friends seminar at the BWI Marriott on Thursday May 10, 2018, from 8 a.m. to noon. Pl…
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Effective Date of Maryland Healthy Working Families Act
February 12th, 2018
As we previously announced (https://smithdowney.com/2018/01/new-maryland-paid-sick-leave-law/), the Maryland General Assembly voted on January 12, 2018 to override Governor Hog…
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Case Law Developments Affecting Bonus and Incentive Plans and Non-Competes
December 7th, 2017
Case Law Developments Affecting Bonus and Incentive Plans It is quite common for employers to have bonus and incentive plans that require participants to be employed by the em…
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ACA Employer Mandate – IRS Enforcement Project
November 8th, 2017
This week the IRS announced that it is sending “thousands of” penalty letters to employers with more than 50 employees for alleged failures to comply with the employer man…
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DOL Fiduciary Rule Update; May Seminar
February 7th, 2017
DOL FIDUCIARY RULE UPDATE. On February 3, the President issued a Presidential Memorandum directing the Secretary of Labor to: “Examine the Fiduciary Duty Rule to determine w…
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New Paid Sick Leave Requirements for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors
December 30th, 2016
The Department of Labor has published a new rule that requires employers to provide up to seven days of paid sick leave a year to employees working on federal contracts or sub…
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New Law Permitting Health Reimbursement Plans in some Small Employer Situations
December 22nd, 2016
As we have previously reported, the regulators take the position that, since the effective date of the ACA, employer plans that reimburse employees for individual health polic…
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ACA Reporting – Automatic Extension of Deadlines
January 6th, 2016
During the holiday week, the IRS issued an automatic extension of the deadlines to provide the required 2015 health coverage reports to employees and to the IRS (Forms 1094 an…
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