Employee Benefits Developments January 2017

The Employee Benefits practice group is pleased to present the Benefits Developments Newsletter for the month of January, 2017. Click through the links below for more information on each specific development or case.

• IRS Expresses View on the Tax Treatment of Cash Payments Under Employer-Sponsored Fixed Indemnity Wellness Plans
• IRS Chief Counsel Advice Addresses Meaning of “Substantial Risk of Forfeiture” Under Code Section 409A
• Walmart Settles Same Sex Benefit Dispute
  Cote v. Walmart Stores, Inc. (D. Mass.) proposed settlement
• Court Halts ERISA Suit Regarding Welfare Fund’s Benefit Caps
  Soehnlen v. Fleet Owners Insurance Fund (6th Cir. 2016)