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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

IRS NOTICE 2020-42 PROVIDES RELIEF FROM PHYSICAL PRESENCE REQUIREMENT FOR SPOUSAL CONSENT

Certain retirement plan distribution and participant loan applications require a spousal consent to be signed by the participant's spouse. The consent serves as a protection of spousal rights in plans that otherwise provide for benefit distributions in the form of an annuity that includes a survivor annuity for the spouse ...

COVID-19 RELIEF OPTIONS FOR § 125 CAFETERIA PLANS

Recent IRS Notice 2020-29 provides additional options to allow mid-year changes in participant cafeteria plan elections. The additional relief from prior cafeteria plan election rules is intended to help employees adapt to changes in their personal circumstances resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The new election options are available only during ...

The COVID Crisis Spawns New COBRA Rules

IRS and Department of Labor joint rules effective May 4, 2020 created a new COBRA universe by extending both group health plan deadlines for providing COBRA election notices and employee deadlines for electing COBRA continuation coverage — and paying for it. These deadlines are extended for the entire "Outbreak Period ...

Reduce Cost Of Retirement Plan Benefits COVID-19 Alert

The relief provisions of the CARES Act generally benefit coronavirus-impacted participants with accelerated retirement plan benefit payments and participant loan extensions. But what actions can employers take to relieve financial stress by reducing the cost of retirement plan benefits?

Although the CARES Act does permit employers who sponsor defined benefit ...

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