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Partial Plan Terminations – An Update

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In our April 2020 post, we detailed how employee layoffs can cause a qualified retirement plan to undergo a “partial termination,” resulting in required 100% vesting of the affected employees’ benefits. As 2020 drew to a...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

2020 Year-End Consideration: Partial Retirement Plan Terminations Related to Personnel Reductions (Updated)

Update October 14: This blog has been updated to reflect current guidance about fully vested terminated participants. Many employers continue to find themselves in the position of furloughing or terminating significant...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

2020 Year-End Consideration: Partial Retirement Plan Terminations Related to Personnel Reductions

Many employers continue to find themselves in the position of furloughing or terminating significant portions of their workforce due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As employers make personnel reductions in response to the...more

Dickinson Wright

The Hidden Cost of Terminating 20% or More of Your Employees – Partial Termination of the Retirement Plan

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With the delay in re-opening businesses, some companies are finding that they need to terminate employees who had been placed initially on furlough or a reduced-hours assignment. When analyzing the costs that will be...more

Fisher Phillips

IRS Guidance On The Effect Of COVID-19 On Partial Plan Terminations

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COVID-19 has forced many employers to reduce their workforce through furloughs or layoffs. These reductions may cause employers to experience a partial plan termination of their qualified retirement plans, which requires 100%...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Employee Terminations in the Time of COVID – To Vest or Not to Vest?

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Clients often ask if they are required to vest employees when they terminate employment. The answer is usually no. Although employers may vest an employee’s 401(k) account balance on termination, they are generally not...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Employers: Benefits Considerations Post-Pandemic [More with McGlinchey Ep. 3]

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During the Coronavirus, it’s been fun working from home, but many are returning to the trenches. One of the issues we need to take a look at is employee benefits. In this episode, McGlinchey Labor & Employment team members...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Benefits Considerations In Light Of Changing Employment Conditions And The COVID-19 Pandemic

In light of the current COVID-19 health care crisis, employers are considering numerous options in the face of closed businesses and reduced income. These considerations include reducing employee work hours, furloughing...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Dear Former Employee, Here Are a Few Things I Want You to Know

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Do you provide terminated employees with information regarding their employee benefits upon termination? If not, consider doing so now—especially if you typically provide a lot of your benefits information on your intranet...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

A 457(b) Plan Distribution Depends on Which 457(b) Plan You’re In

With very few exceptions, the rules governing governmental 457(b) plans require a “severance of employment” to occur before a distribution can be made. Recently, we came across yet another of those arcane, little-known rules...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Severance and Deferred Compensation Considerations for Tax-Exempt Colleges and Universities

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In-house counsel and human resources professionals at tax-exempt colleges and universities often face a variety of challenges when structuring, and determining obligations due under, severance arrangements. There are some key...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Tax Reform's Impact on 401(k) Plan Loan Offset Treatment - Actions for Plan Administrators and Human Resources Benefits Managers

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• The recent Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the Act), enacted on Dec. 22, 2017, contains a few rules that will impact benefit administrators. • This client alert focuses on changes made to the tax treatment of plan loan...more

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Improve Compliance Of Retirement And Group Health Plans In 2014

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Retirement plan fiduciaries should consider the following best practices to improve their plan’s governance in 2014: (i) if fiduciary duties have been delegated, make certain that the delegations are in writing and are being...more

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