Employee Benefit Plans of Tax-Exempt and Governmental Employers 2021

ALI CLE [American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education]

Thursday, September 30, 2021 - Friday, October 1, 2021
12:00 p.m. - 4:35 p.m. ET each day

The past year has been one unlike any other that lawyers have faced in a generation. The need for significant legislation and regulations to cope with the economic and health impacts of the Coronavirus outbreak radically shifted the employee benefits landscape, and will continue to do so as the long-term effects of the pandemic continue to permeate our economy and workplaces.

As a benefits practitioner, you can best help your clients implement and prepare for the latest legal changes to plan provisions, human resources, and employer operations by ensuring you are current on the most recent regulatory guidance, court opinions, and best practices.

Join us online for two half-day webcasts and get an authoritative update from leading professionals from the private, non-profit, and governmental sectors – including 10 representatives from the IRS and Department of Labor. With a short investment of your time, you’ll gain a better understanding of all of this year’s critical developments particularly impacting tax-exempt and governmental benefit plans, and what the future may hold.

What You Will Learn
If you provide legal counsel and guidance on plan administration for tax-exempt and governmental employers, you don’t want to miss this webcast.

Accomplished benefits professionals will dive into important topics you need to know about, including:

• The latest IRS and DOL guidance pursuant to the SECURE Act, the CARES Act, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, and American Rescue Plan Act
• The potential impact of SECURE 2.0
• Plan litigation on fee and investment fund alternatives, actuarial calculations, cybersecurity, and COBRA notices
• Benefit plan issues when employers enter into and navigate bankruptcy proceedings
• Impact of pandemic extensions to claim deadlines
• §§4958 and 4960 and recruiting / retaining executives and related compensation issues
• Consequences of worker (mis)classification
• ESG investing, proxy voting, cybersecurity best practices, EPCRS updates (if issued), and other hot topics for 401(a) and 401(k) plans
• 403(b) and 457(b) plans terminations and errors
• Current status of governmental plan “pick-up” rules, governmental plan definition and normal retirement age guidance, and minimum required distributions (if guidance issued)

Register today! You’ll get a head start on what these and other key legal and regulatory developments and enforcement efforts mean for your employee benefits clients today and well into the future.

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