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News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s labor and employment practice

New Health Plan Requirements and Other Updates

This Advisory provides a summary of recent developments impacting Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) requirements applicable to employers, as well as other recent changes impacting employer-sponsored health plans. ACA…

COBRA Subsidies Under the American Rescue Plan Act

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), signed into law on March 11, 2021, requires employers to provide free COBRA coverage to employees (and family members) who qualify for COBRA due to an involuntary termination of…

Complimentary Webinar: Immediate Employment Law Impacts Under Biden Admin

Forget speculation about what is to come: the Biden administration has already acted to unravel the Trump legacy in employment and labor regulation—and to expand worker protections. Join us on April 15, 2020 at 12:30…

DOL Issues Guidance on Missing Participants for Retirement Plans

On January 12, 2021, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued long-awaited guidance for retirement plan fiduciaries that is relevant to any employer who sponsors a retirement plan that is subject to the fiduciary…

DOL Issues New Guidance on the Duration of its COVID-19 Outbreak Period Relief

As described in our client advisories of May 6, 2020 and February 11, 2021, the Department of Labor (the “DOL”) temporarily suspended the deadlines for employee benefit plan participants to exercise HIPAA special…