Join us for a complimentary webinar
Employee Benefit Plans:
Impact of Coronavirus
A Vorys at Work Labor and Employment Law Webinar Series
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. ET
Given recent events, we are changing the scope of our previously scheduled March 25 webinar (which
was originally focused on the effects of the SECURE Act and other legislation on employee benefit plans).
Vorys attorneys Christine Poth, Jen Dunsizer, Dawne McKenna Parrish, and Elizabeth Howard will discuss some common questions we are getting about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on employee benefit plans, including:
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Scope of the testing/treatment expansion under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Family First Act)
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Impact of temporary leaves of absences and terminations on employee benefits:
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Group health plan coverage during leaves of absence
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Requirement to offer COBRA continuation coverage and mini-COBRA
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Changes to dependent care flexible spending account elections
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Retirement plan issues
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Ability to take distributions (hardship withdrawals and termination-based distributions)
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Impact on plan loan repayments
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Reduction, freeze, or cessation of employer contributions
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Impact on Family First Act payments on definition of compensation
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Impact on defined benefit plan funding
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Overview of issues impacting executive compensation
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Ability to delay/accelerate distributions
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Amending equity awards that would otherwise be forfeited
Please note that this webinar will NOT be addressing the FMLA expansion and paid leave mandate in the Family First Act. Once guidance is
issued by the Department of Labor, Vorys will host a webinar regarding these topics.
We have rescheduled our SECURE Act webinar for April 28 at 12 p.m. ET. If you had previously registered for the SECURE Act webinar, you will be automatically registered for the Coronavirus Webinar on March 25
as well as the rescheduled SECURE Act webinar on April 28.
If you have any questions, please contact Kayla Allen at
ksallen@vorys.com.
