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EBSA Updates Delinquent Filer Voluntary Compliance Program

by Eric Penkert, Jason A. Rothman | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/1/2013

On January 28, 2013, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), announced updates to its Delinquent Filer Voluntary Compliance (DFVC) Program. ...more

Employment Contracts and Severance Agreements Should be Reviewed and May Need to be Amended by December 31 to Comply with Section...

by Dan S. Brandenburg, Joanne G. Jacobson | Saul Ewing LLP on 11/20/2012

Severance agreements and employment contracts with release of claims provisions may violate 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. Bad release provisions may be fixed, penalty-free, before December 31, 2012. Most severance...more

Relief for Correcting Certain Internal Revenue Code Section 409A Failures Expires This Year

by Proskauer Rose LLP on 11/16/2012

The Treasury Department and the IRS have provided favorable transition relief for correcting arrangements that impermissibly condition the payment of nonqualified deferred compensation on a service provider's completion of...more

December 31 Deadline for Correcting Release of Claims Provisions that Fail to Comply with Section 409A

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 10/24/2012

Employers preparing for year-end compliance efforts should be aware of a December 31, 2012 deadline for correcting a common problem in compensation arrangements subject to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. The...more

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ALERT: Deadlines loom for 2012 health care reform compliance by Jim Prince

by McAfee & Taft on 10/18/2012

While the timeline for health care reform calls for a phasing in of its key initiatives and compliance measures over several years, employers who provide health plan benefits — and particularly those who offer open enrollment...more

December 31, 2012 Deadline to Correct Certain Section 409A Payment Timing Errors

by Reed Smith on 10/12/2012

December 31, 2012, is the deadline for correcting certain errors in the written provisions of nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements that provide payments that are contingent on the recipient’s execution of a release...more

Review Compensation Arrangements by Year End to Determine if Amendments Are Needed to Comply with Code Section 409A

by Perkins Coie on 10/12/2012

In early 2010, the IRS surprised the benefits community by stating in Notice 2010-6 that deferred compensation arrangements that condition payment on employee action (such as the execution of a release, noncompetition...more

409A Transition Relief Expires at Year-End; Employers Should Review Their Plans

by Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/5/2012

Employers should review plans and agreements subject to Internal Revenue Section Code 409A before the end of 2012. That’s when transitional relief afforded by the Internal Revenue Service expires for deferred compensation...more

Deadlines Approaching for Fee Disclosures under ERISA, and DOL Issues Guidance on Participant-Level Fee Disclosures

by Reed Smith on 5/11/2012

Pursuant to the DOL’s disclosure regulations issued under ERISA section 408(b)(2), employers sponsoring ERISA benefit plans should be receiving fee disclosures from the plans’ covered service providers regarding the service...more

Important Deadlines for ERISA Plans to Receive and Report Information on Fees, Expenses

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 4/4/2012

Coming up this summer are a number of reporting and disclosure deadlines under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) that deal with fees and expenses paid by plans that are subject to ERISA. Service...more

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