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Missing Participants – What to do With Abandoned Accounts

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Over the years, plan sponsors and administrators have wrestled with the question of what to do with the accounts of participants who left employment years earlier and cannot now be located. ...more

A&O Shearman

Pensions: what's new this week - December 16, 2024

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Welcome to your weekly update from the A&O Shearman pensions team, covering all the latest legal and regulatory developments in the world of workplace pensions. TPR publishes DB landscape 2024 - The Pensions Regulator’s...more

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Key SECURE 2.0 Act Updates for Defined Contribution Retirement Plans

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Updated 401(k) and 403(b) Requirements for Long-Term Part-Time Employees. Starting in 2025, 401(k) and 403(b) retirement plans must offer the plan’s salary deferral feature to long-term part-time employees who are at least...more

Baker Donelson

Preparing Employers for SECURE 2.0 Compliance in 2025

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As 2024 draws to a close, plan sponsors should be aware of those provisions of the SECURE Act 2.0 that become effective in 2025. Recall that the SECURE 2.0 Act (SECURE 2.0) was enacted on December 29, 2022, and while some...more

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Annual Employee Benefits Compliance Checklists - Corporate Counsel

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The following checklist highlights key issues for corporate counsel with respect to employee benefit plans and executive compensation arrangements....more

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Annual Employee Benefits Compliance Checklists - Plan Administrators

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Plan administrators should review the following actions to be taken before the end of 2024 and focus on what to expect for 2025. The following checklist addresses plan amendments, notices, and other considerations for...more

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2025 IRS & SSA Benefits Alert

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IRS and SSA Announce 2025 Indexed Numbers - The IRS and Social Security Administration have announced cost-of-living increases for retirement plans and other employee benefit plans for 2025....more

A&O Shearman

Pensions: what's new this week November 4, 2024

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Autumn Budget 2024: bringing pensions into the scope of IHT - The Chancellor announced in her Budget Speech that from April 6, 2027, unused pension funds and death benefits will be included within a member’s estate for...more

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Government Announces 2025 Employee Benefit Plan Limits

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced the cost-of-living adjustments to the applicable dollar limits for various employer-sponsored retirement and welfare plans for 2025. Most of the dollar limits that are...more

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Unlocking New Benefits: Is the SECURE 2.0 Student Loan Match Right for Your Workforce?

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Employers now have a new benefit option in their toolbelt: The Qualified Student Loan Payment (QSLP) match. But is it worth implementing? Before diving into the specific legal requirements for a QSLP match program, this...more

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Pensions: DC trustee agenda update - September 2024

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Welcome to our monthly update on current legal issues for trustees of DC pension schemes, designed to help you stay up to date with key developments between trustee meetings and to support the legal update item on your next...more

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PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - ERISA Forfeiture Litigation

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On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt discusses pending court cases regarding the proper use of forfeitures that arise under defined contribution plans. He outlines how these new...more

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PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Understanding Lifetime Income Products

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On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt is joined by Ken Barnes, senior investment consultant with SageView Advisory Group, who discusses lifetime income products which are designed to help...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Extended Relief for Required Minimum Distributions in 2024

Five years ago, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the “SECURE Act”) made several significant changes to certain distributions required pursuant to Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) Section...more

Holland & Hart - The Benefits Dial

Bring me a Higher Limit…2024 IRS Limits Announced

The IRS has announced the 2024 cost of living adjustments to qualified plan limits. Below are the highlights...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

SECURE 2.0 Adds New Distribution Options for Defined Contribution Plans

SECURE 2.0 introduced several new distribution options and tax reporting rules for defined contribution plan sponsors. Below is an overview of the new provisions and their potential implementation dates...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

2023 Employee Benefit Plan Limits Announced by IRS

The IRS has released the 2023 cost-of-living adjustments for limits on employee benefits with some adjustments to the 2023 rates including minor increases to the maximum contributions allowed under Code Section 415 for...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

IRS Announces 2023 Retirement Plan and Other Benefit Limitations

The Internal Revenue Service announced the dollar limitations for retirement plans and other benefits, beginning January 1, 2023. Some of the limits are listed below....more

Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog

Time is Running out for IRS ‘Pre-Approved’ 401(k)/Defined Contribution Plan Sponsors to Meet the July 31, 2022 ‘Cycle 3’ Deadline

Employers sponsoring 401(k) or other types of defined contribution plans “pre-approved” by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) should be aware that the restatement deadline is quickly approaching. The IRS requires pre-approved...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

IRS Cost of Living Adjusted Dollar Limits Applicable to Retirement Plans for 2022

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The Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Administration have announced the cost of living adjustments (COLA) applicable to dollar limitations for retirement plans and the Social Security wage base for 2022. Many...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

2022 Federal Budget: Selected Pensions, Benefits and Executive Compensation Measures

On April 7, 2022, the federal government tabled its 2022 budget (2022 Budget), which included a number of provisions related to pensions, benefits and executive compensation, as summarized below. Here is an overview of...more

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[Podcast]: Key ERISA Fee and Investment Litigation Developments and the Impact of Hughes v. Northwestern University

In this episode of The Proskauer Benefits Brief, Myron D. Rumeld, partner and co-chair of Proskauer’s ERISA Litigation group and senior associate Tulio D. Chirinos, review the current state of affairs with respect to the...more

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DOL Statement on Private Equity Investment Emphasizes Fiduciary Responsibility

On December 21, 2021, the Department of Labor (the “DOL”) published a Supplemental Statement (the “Supplemental Statement”) to its June 3, 2020 Information Letter (the “2020 Letter”) addressing fiduciary considerations for...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

IRS Announces 2022 Cost-of-Living Adjustments for Retirement Plans

The IRS recently announced the 2022 cost-of-living adjustments to various benefit and contribution limits applicable to retirement plans. Generally, the IRS increased the applicable limits for 2022, although certain limits...more

Morgan Lewis - ML Benefits

IRS Issues Important Reminder on Application of IRC Section 415(c) Limit to 403(b) Plans

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued an important reminder of the unique application of the limit under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 415(c) to 403(b) plans on August 20, 2021. The IRS’s “Issue Snapshot”...more

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