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Don’t You Forget About Me: Terminating Employees and Benefits to Think About

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No matter the size of your organization, at some point in time employees leave. As we noted previously, it behooves human resources and other departments to provide departing employees with an exit letter that includes...more

Kaufman & Canoles

ESOPs & Employee Benefits Q1 2023 Client Update

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Welcome to Spring! We hope the new season finds you ready for the upcoming benefits changes that 2023 has in store. ...more

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Don’t Let Bank Uncertainty Delay Payroll: Considerations for Employers

With bank uncertainty making headlines, we answer employers’ most frequently asked questions about the consequences of payroll delays, strategies for mitigating risk and more. ...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

The End of the Line Draws Near for COVID-19 Plan Deadline Extensions

On January 30, 2023, the Biden Administration released a Statement of Administration Policy providing that the Administration intends to end the COVID-19 National Emergency declared in 2020 (the “National Emergency”) on May...more

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The Benefits of Sabbaticals: Attracting and Retaining Employees

The latest idea for attracting and retaining employees in this post-COVID-19–pandemic era of the Great Resignation and “quiet quitting” is one that was usually limited to professors in higher education: the sabbatical. ...more

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Happy National Employee Benefits Day – – April 5, 2022!!

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Last year about this time, we wrote of how far we had come collectively in the world of employee benefits roughly one year after the onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic. We reveled at how we kept on keeping on, what we were able...more

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Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation 2021 Summer Client Advisory

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This Client Advisory summarizes developments in the law governing employee benefit plans prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. We explain what these developments mean for plan sponsors and highlight the need to adopt plan...more

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Form and Substance: Why the Form of a Transaction is so Critical to Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Strategy

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The form of a corporate transaction sets the stage for the employee benefits and executive compensation (EBEC) strategy – in the scope of due diligence and purchase agreement negotiations and post-closing activity. The charts...more

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10 Common Benefit Issues In M&As During The Covid-19 Era

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Mergers and acquisitions among private companies always present a range of HR challenges, especially in light of Covid-19. Many of those issues revolve around benefits. Here are the most common that organizations typically...more

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Under the Radar: Employee Benefit Developments in 2020

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The story of the year has been the coronavirus. COVID-19 has dominated news headlines, social media, and virtually every aspect of our lives. The virus has likewise dominated legal and tax news. Lawmakers and agencies have...more

Carlton Fields

Three Timely Benefits Items Everyone Should Know

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Carlton Fields tax attorney Lowell Walters discusses three timely employee benefits issues: using employee benefits to reduce expenses; helping retirement plan participants in an inconsistent investment market; and, the...more

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If a Tree Falls in the Forest – Employee Benefits in Mergers and Acquisitions Workforce Integration

We are aware of several business studies that conclude that a high percentage, between 70-90%, of corporate acquisitions fail to meet their business objectives. When looking at why the time, effort, and expense invested in a...more

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[Webinar] Benefit Plan Changes in Light of COVID-19 - June 11th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT

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The legislative and regulatory changes for employee benefit plans in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic are coming in almost daily, which can make it difficult for employers to determine where to start in addressing these...more

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Do We Need a Plan Amendment for That? Top FAQs to Decide

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Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have gotten daily calls and emails from our clients asking how furloughs, layoffs, the CARES Act, and a host of other pandemic-related changes affect the benefit plans that they...more

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Employee Benefits Issues To Consider Before Deciding To Furlough Or Terminate Employees During The COVID-19 Pandemic

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With the combination of our nation’s response to COVID-19 and the resultant economic downturn, employers of all sizes face the moral and financial dilemma of evaluating employee headcounts while businesses are grappling with...more

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Work in the Time of COVID-19: FAQs for Employers

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Employee Benefit Questions - If I furlough or lay off employees, can I continue some or all of their benefits during the leave? There may be ways to continue some or all benefits during a furlough or layoff.  Each plan...more

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Five More Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Topics to Address in the New Year - Take 5 Newsletter

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From year to year (and sometimes week to week), there never seems to be a shortage of issues and questions for employee benefit plan sponsors and fiduciaries, as well as compensation committees, to address in order to...more

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Employee Benefits Alert

Use of Forfeitures for Safe Harbor Contributions, QNECS and QMACS - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued final regulations allowing forfeitures in 401(k) plans to be used to fund safe harbor contributions,...more

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Another Lesson on Bullet Proofing Your Claims Process

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On July 12, 2018, a previous alert entitled “Bullet Proofing Your Claims Process” discussed lessons learned from a recent 5th Circuit decision in White v. Life Insurance Company of North America, (5th Cir. June 13, 2018,...more

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A Contractor’s Guide to the Impending Government Shutdown

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With less than a day before the federal government's appropriated funding runs out, confidence in avoiding a potential shutdown is waning. Because of that, contractors should exercise prudence and immediately begin...more

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New Year’s Resolution #5: Four Employee Benefits Resolutions for 2018!

Happy New Year! It’s that time when we all vow to better ourselves in the months ahead. Resolutions abound, and they need not be limited to individual self-improvement. Employers too have many opportunities for betterment in...more

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IRS and DOL Provide Relief for Plan Sponsors and Participants Affected by Hurricane Harvey

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of Labor (DOL) issued temporary relief on deadlines and procedural requirements applicable to employee benefit plans for employers impacted by Hurricane Harvey. ...more

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The ERISA Litigation Newsletter - August 2015

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Editor's Overview - As the summer draws to a close, this month's Newsletter previews three cases that the U.S. Supreme Court already has agreed to hear that ought to be of particular interest to ERISA plan sponsors and...more

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Employee Benefits After Obergefell

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In a historic decision, the United States Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges recently held that the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution requires all jurisdictions in all fifty states to: (1) license a...more

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Employee Benefits Update: 2013 Year End Plan Tasks

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As we approach the end of the year, employers and plan sponsors of qualified retirement plans and health and welfare plans should take time to meet various upcoming deadlines. Failure to comply with the deadlines may result...more

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