2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act and Employee Benefits
Money Purchase Plan Distributions, Plan Terminations, Transfer of Pension Plan Assets, Health and Dependent Care, Student Loans
A live 90-minute premium CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A
This CLE webinar will provide employee benefits counsel and plan sponsors guidance on key provisions of the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) impacting retirement and health and welfare plans. The panel will discuss significant rules for money purchase plan distributions, plan terminations, pension plan transfers, and other key items. The panel will also discuss compliance and administrative challenges stemming from the CAA and methods for managing them.
Outline
- Overview of the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act for benefits counsel
- Health and welfare plan provisions
- Pricing and quality information
- Disclosures
- Mental health parity and substance use
- Pharmacy benefits and drug costs
- Retirement plan provisions
- Partial plan termination
- Money purchase plans
- Future transfers
- Employer tax credit provisions
- Deferred payroll
- Wages paid by PPP loans
- Non-FFCRA leave
- CARES Act employee retention credit
- Other key provisions
- Necessary plan amendments and best practices for counsel and plan sponsors
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- Understanding the key provisions applicable to health and welfare plans
- Significant provisions for retirement plans
- Changes to employer tax credits, including deferred payroll, PPP loans, non-FFCRA leave, retention tax credit, and more
- Best practices for plan sponsors and administrators in light of employee benefits provisions under the 2021 CAA
Faculty

José M. Jara
Partner
McGivney Kluger Clark & Intoccia
Mr. Jara has over 20 years of ERISA and employee benefits experience, ranging from governmental compliance, fiduciary... | Read More
Mr. Jara has over 20 years of ERISA and employee benefits experience, ranging from governmental compliance, fiduciary liability insurance, to the application of ERISA’s fiduciary standards and prohibited transaction provisions. Mr. Jara has extensive experience resolving issues for corporate plan sponsors and multiemployer plans before the U.S. Department of Labor, where he was formerly a senior pension law specialist and investigator.
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