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23 Feb 2018, 3:33 am by Jane Meacham, Contributing Editor
Nineteen percent responded that they are thinking about accelerating defined benefit pension plan contributions (see, DB Sponsors: Consider Accelerating Contributions For 2017 Plan Year Amid Tax Reform). [read post]
23 Feb 2018, 3:33 am by Jane Meacham, Contributing Editor
Nineteen percent responded that they are thinking about accelerating defined benefit pension plan contributions (see, DB Sponsors: Consider Accelerating Contributions For 2017 Plan Year Amid Tax Reform). [read post]
14 Feb 2018, 2:57 pm by Kevin LaCroix
This past year was an eventful one in the corporate and securities litigation arena. [read post]
10 Jan 2018, 1:30 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Based on EBSA’s previously adopted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) group health plan claims and appeals rules, the new Final Disability Claims Rule will apply to all disability determinations made under any ERISA-covered plan after March 31, 2018, regardless of how the plan characterizes the benefit or whether the plan is a health or other welfare, pension, 401(k) plan or other savings plan. [read post]
5 Jan 2018, 5:35 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The $2.3 million settlement and other post-breach consequences 21CO continues to experience from its 2015 data breaches provides invaluable lessons for both health plans and insurers, health care providers and other HIPAA-covered entities, as well as employers and businesses generally, of the importance of taking appropriate steps to manage the security of ePHI held by their health plan and other sensitive personal and other data against hacking or other improper use. [read post]
18 Dec 2017, 4:43 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Abruzzo Named NLRB Acting General Counsel Bill Mandating E-Verify, Raising Employer I-9 Penalties Approved By House Judiciary Committee Address Workplace Harassment During October Stop Bullying Month NIOSH Proposed Updated Occupational Safety Chemical Monitoring Rules 2018 Social Security COLAs Set IRS Updates Defined Benefit Plan Guidance Read Trump Health Care Executive Ord [read post]
18 Dec 2017, 5:18 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
In addition to impacting contribution limits permitted to defined benefit, 401(k) and other defined contribution and other plans, the changes can impact the definition of highly compensated employees, discrimination testing, plan funding and a broad range of employee benefit, compensation, tax, payroll, union or other contracting and other concerns for employers, employee benefit plan sponsors, fiduciaries, administrators, payroll, plan and other… [read post]
14 Dec 2017, 4:16 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The new Final Disability Claims Rule will apply to all disability determinations made under any ERISA-covered plan after December 31, 2017, regardless of how the plan characterizes the benefit or whether the plan is a health or other welfare, pension, 401(k) plan or other savings plan. [read post]
24 Oct 2017, 10:58 am by Colby Pastre
If they adhere to the proposals outlined in the jointly produced Unified “Framework,” one of the central elements of the plan will be a reduction in the federal corporate income tax rate from the current level of 35 percent—the highest[1] federally imposed corporate tax rate in the industrialized world—to 20 percent, which would put the U.S. rate below the global average. [read post]
13 Oct 2017, 2:20 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Qualified profit-sharing and pension plan sponsors, fiduciaries, administrators and service providers should check of this recent guidance on various qualified pension and profit sharing plan qualification: Procedures for automatic approval for certain changes in funding method – For single-employer defined benefit plans subject to the minimum funding requirements of Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 430 (Revenue Procedure 2017-56). [read post]
6 Oct 2017, 1:04 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
This added headache arises due to their or their plans’ use of Equifax or vendors utilizing Equifax to run employee or vendor background checks or carry out internal employee or employee benefit plan, customer or other business activities. [read post]
17 Sep 2017, 6:20 am by Gritsforbreakfast
For example, almost every tax payer has had their defined benefit pension plan, if they ever had one, erased, and they now have a 401K if they are lucky. [read post]
2 Aug 2017, 4:23 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employers operating in the United States should evaluate potential workforce and implications of proposed immigration law reforms The Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy Act (RAISE Act) in light of the joint announcement of plans to prioritize the proposed reforms for enactment announced jointly by RAISE Act sponsors Senators Tom Cotton and David Perdue and President Donald Trump earlier today (August 2, 2017). [read post]
1 Aug 2017, 2:34 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
While enrollment packages typically tout the potential “tax savings” that employees can enjoy from participating in tax-favored, employer-sponsored health, group term life, qualified pension or profit-sharing, and other tax-preferred employee benefit or fringe benefit programs offered by their employers, few employees truly understand how to determine properly their necessary wage withholding on taxable wages, much less the specific effects of their employee… [read post]
1 Jul 2017, 12:00 pm by Jane Chong
Three days after his inauguration, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a government accountability watchdog group, filed the first suit in the Southern District of New York. [read post]
30 Mar 2017, 9:44 am
Faced with these challenges, a number of Canadian companies are engaging in corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, generally defined as the voluntary activities undertaken by a company to operate in an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable manner. [read post]
12 Aug 2016, 5:11 am by Mary Picard
I recently wrote about the legal risks regarding plan fees that should be considered by Canadian employers who sponsor group registered retirement savings plans and defined contribution pension plans (that article can be found here). [read post]
13 Apr 2016, 4:55 pm by Kevin LaCroix
 Among the largest firms of 500 or more attorneys, 55 percent had a security breach response plan in place. [read post]
30 Mar 2016, 10:08 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  While HHS has not yet published proposed regulations defining the requirements that it plans to impose to address these concerns, it is inviting public input and comment. [read post]