A complimentary webinar

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

12:00 - 1:30 p.m. E.T.

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:

• Scope of the testing/treatment expansion under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Family First Act)

• Impact of temporary leaves of absences and terminations on employee benefits: 

      • Group health plan coverage during leaves of absence
      • Requirement to offer COBRA continuation coverage and mini-COBRA
      • Changes to dependent care flexible spending account elections

• Retirement plan issues
      • Ability to take distributions (hardship withdrawals and termination-based              distributions)
      • Impact on plan loan repayments
      • Reduction, freeze, or cessation of employer contributions
      • Impact on Family First Act payments on definition of compensation
      • Impact on defined benefit plan funding

• Overview of issues impacting executive compensation

      • Ability to delay/accelerate distributions

      • 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 this Coronavirus Webinar on March 25 as well as the rescheduled SECURE Act webinar on April 28.

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Christine Poth

Christine is a partner in the Vorys Columbus office and a member of the labor and employment group.  Her practice focuses on employee benefits and related tax matters. She has experience in the design, implementation and administration of qualified retirement plans, health and welfare plans, insurance benefits, fringe benefits, deferred compensation, and incentive bonus programs.She has significant experience in working with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of Labor (DOL) on compliance issues. 

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Jen is a partner in the Vorys Columbus office and a member of the labor and employment group.  Her practice focuses on employee benefits and executive compensation plans.  As former Managing Corporate Counsel for a large, publicly traded employer, Jen has extensive experience in the design, implementation and administration of retirement plans, deferred compensation, health and welfare plans, insurance benefits, short- and long-term cash and equity-based incentive plans, and early retirement programs; public company disclosure obligations and merger and acquisition activity.

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Dawne McKenna Parrish 

Dawne is a partner in the Vorys Cincinnati and Columbus offices and a member of the labor and employment group. She focuses her practice on employee benefits and executive compensation issues. She has significant experience advising clients from small private businesses to large publicly held corporations regarding all aspects of employee benefits.

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Elizabeth is an associate in the Vorys Columbus office and a member of the labor and employment group. Her practice focuses on employee benefits. She has experience working with employers and multiemployer plans on benefit issues, including assisting with the design, administration, and compliance of qualified retirement plans, deferred compensation plans, health and welfare plans, and fringe benefits. She also has experience representing clients with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Department of Labor (DOL) and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC).

 

 

If you have any questions, please contact Kayla Allen at ksallen@vorys.com.