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Sherman & Howard L.L.C.
Mar. 13, 2023
"Fully-insured and self-insured group health plans generally must submit the Gag Clause Prohibition attestation. This includes: Health plans covered by Title I of ERISA; State and local governmental health plans; and Church health plans that are subject to the Internal Revenue Code. Group health plan sponsors should confirm whether their plan service providers or third-party administrators will submit the attestation on the plan's behalf."
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Sherman & Howard L.L.C.
Jan. 19, 2023
"Available now: Option to designate certain employer contributions as Roth contributions ... If a plan allows this option, the employer Roth contributions must be fully vested.... Starting in 2024: [1] Student loan payments as eligible for employer matching contributions ... [2] Emergency savings accounts."
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Sherman & Howard L.L.C.
Jan. 10, 2023
"Beginning with taxable years starting on or after January 1, 2024, ... catch-up contributions for 'higher-paid participants' must be made as Roth contributions.... This new rule introduces a new definition of compensation and a new group of participants for recordkeepers to track, which will significantly complicate plan administration.... Plan sponsors who allow catch-up contributions but have resisted adding Roth deferrals may face a difficult decision -- either stop allowing any catch-up contributions beginning in 2024 or add Roth deferrals to the plan."
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Sherman & Howard L.L.C.
Jan. 5, 2023
"This advisory ... provides a brief summary of key SECURE 2.0 changes that are now in effect for existing retirement plans. This advisory is broken into two parts: [1] Immediate retirement plan changes and [2] Changes not requiring plan amendment."
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Sherman & Howard L.L.C.
Dec. 6, 2022
"The platform operates similar to employers' unemployment insurance accounts, allowing employers to report wage data, remit premium payments, submit private plan exemption requests, and upload letters of declination. While substantive leave rights need not be provided to employees until 2024, the first premium payments are due not later than April 30, 2023. Most employers must register for the platform by this date, regardless of whether they intend to opt out with a private plan."
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Sherman & Howard L.L.C.
Nov. 27, 2022
"Relying on the governor's Nov.11, 2022, modification of his emergency declaration to 'refocus the state's efforts on recovery and incorporate Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), influenza, and other respiratory illnesses in Colorado into the disaster declaration,' the CDLE clarified that 'means [employees] can use their 80 hours for a broader range of conditions' than just COVID, including 'flu, respiratory syncytial virus ('RSV'), and similar respiratory illnesses.' "
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Sherman & Howard L.L.C.
July 24, 2022
"Colorado employers must continue to provide paid COVID leave to employees who have public health emergency related leave available. Recently, the federal government extended the public health emergency declaration related to COVID-19 for an additional 90 days."
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Sherman & Howard L.L.C.
June 28, 2022
"Relegating control over the access to abortion services to the states creates a complex legal minefield for employers who intend to continue to support access to these services for their employees. This advisory provides employers with options to consider when navigating the new landscape.' [Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Org., No. 19-1392 (S. Ct. Jun. 24, 2022)]
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Sherman & Howard L.L.C.
June 17, 2021
"The Colorado Supreme Court has now definitively ruled that under the Colorado Wage Claim Act employers must pay employees' earned and determinable vacation upon termination and that any policy or agreement provisions forfeiting employees' rights to such payments are void." [Nieto v. Clark's Market, No. 19SC553 (Col. Jun. 14, 2021)]
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Sherman & Howard L.L.C.
Mar. 17, 2021
"[ARPA] temporarily expanded eligibility for individuals to qualify for premium tax credits when enrolling in coverage through an Exchange or Marketplace.... Employers who have been tying their affordability calculations close to the affordability threshold ... will want to pay close attention to additional guidance that may be issued."
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