Category: Employee Benefits

Important Deadlines Delayed for Health and Welfare Plans due to COVID-19 Emergency: Impacts for Employer Plan Sponsors, Administrators, and Insurers

By Howard Bye-Torre, Bethany Bacci and Abbey Hendricks on May 13, 2020 Posted in COVID-19, Employee Benefits, Health Plans, HIPAA, Insurance Law, National

The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) of the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a notification of relief, effective immediately, that extends certain critical deadlines in health, disability, and other welfare plans (Deadline Relief).[1] This Deadline Relief requires that these plans extend certain deadlines that affect … Continue Reading