Benefits Law Group of Chicago

70 W. Madison St., Suite 1500 Chicago, IL 60602   (312)696-1373   aswilliams@gct.law

Benefits Law Group of Chicago, a web site maintained by the Employee Benefit Department of the Chicago, Illinois law firm, Golan Christie Taglia LLP,  provides information on:

Employment and employment law
Group health insurance (including COBRA and HIPAA
Pension and retirement plans (including IRAs, 401(k) plans, thrift plans, ESOPs and IRS compliance resolution system filings)
ERISA and ERISA compliance (including benefit claims and fiduciary duties)
Qualified domestic relations orders (QDROs), age discrimination and gender discrimination
Executive compensation (including deferred compensation and non-compete agreements as well as Section 409A compliance)
Other state and federal employment matters, including ADA, ADEA and Illinois employment law

Benefits Law Group of Chicago is a resource for HR professionals and human resource departments of private companies and not-for-profit organizations such as hospitals and medical centers, universities, associations and charitable organizations.

Recent Benefits Bulletins

COVID Hardship Relief Includes Subsidized COBRA Coverage

The recently adopted American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) includes in its $1.9 trillion of relief spending reimbursement of the premium cost of COBRA continuation coverage for employees and their covered family members who lose their group coverage as a result of an involuntary termination of their employment or ...

401(K) CYBER THEFT - WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?

Cyber theft of participant 401(k) accounts is a reality (see HERE).

Courts are now sorting out who is responsible when an impostor diverts a participant's retirement funds with fraudulent distribution requests.

Can the employer, as the plan sponsor, be held responsible when an outside service provider honors a ...

DOES YOUR 401(K) PLAN OFFER TOO MANY INVESTMENT OPTIONS?

Recent cases against university-sponsored retirement plans include allegations that these plans are complicating the investment decisions of participants because the plans offer too many investment choices.

As alleged in one complaint, the plans provide so many options that participants are left with a "virtually impossible burden" of deciding where to ...

CARES ACT 401(k) COMPLIANCE CLEAN UP

The CARES Act provides a number of optional coronavirus-related relief provisions that employers may choose to incorporate into their 401(k) and other retirement plans. Those provisions include penalty-free benefit distributions of up to $100,000, a doubled maximum participant loan amount, and a one-year suspension of loan repayments for ...

Testimonials

I want to say “THANKS” for all your help, support, patience and expertise through the most challenging time in my life. 

 

It’s great to walk away from this situation feeling we had a great outcome, but even better is to know we achieved this with dignity, class ...

M. Squiller

I'd like to take a moment to acknowledge Mr Andrew Williams. I've had the pleasure to work with Mr Williams over roughly a six month period. He took the time to listen to my case against my employer in an ERISA matter involving a Defined Benefit Trust.  ...

E Sanchez

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