New EBSA Relief Notice Affects Extension of ERISA Claim Deadlines
On February 26, 2021, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) released Notice 2021-01 (2021 Relief Notice) providing guidance to employers, claim administrators and fiduciaries of ERISA plans on the duration of the COVID-19-related relief set forth in a 2020 Notice that suspended, among other things, certain ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) claim-related deadlines (referred to herein as ERISA Relief).
Under the 2020 Notice, the ERISA Relief continues until sixty (60) days after the announced…