Employee Benefits

Employment LawScene Alert: Internal Revenue Code Section 409A Survives Repeal-and-Replace Attempt

Employer sponsors of nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) plans, as well as the executives and other service providers, who benefit from…

7 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: ACA Employer Payment Notices Arriving Soon

Buried in IRS guidance issued on November 2 is news that the IRS will soon be issuing notices to employers…

7 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: IRS Announces 2018 FSA, Transportation, and Employee Benefit Plan Limits

The Internal Revenue Service has released the cost-of-living adjustments to the dollar limits under various employer-sponsored benefit plans for 2018.…

7 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: It’s Time to Amend 403(b) Retirement Plan Documents!

If your organization is a public school or university, a tax-exempt charter school or hospital, a church, church-affiliated entity, or…

7 years ago

It’s (Almost) June 9! Are You Ready to Comply with the Final Fiduciary Rule?

At 11:59 p.m. on Friday, June 9, 2017 (the Effective Date), the ERISA definition of a fiduciary will expand to…

7 years ago

EEOC Wellness Lawsuit against Wisconsin Employer Ends in $100,000 Settlement

A Wisconsin employer’s settlement last month with the EEOC ended the final round of litigation initiated against it by the…

8 years ago

Don’t Overlook Life-Insurance Conversion Notice Obligations

Employer, Not Insurer, Found Liable for Payment of Life Insurance Benefit A court ruling earlier this month highlights the importance…

8 years ago

QSEHRAs Allow Small Employers to Reimburse Employees’ Personal Health Costs

Although the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) market reforms eliminated the ability of employers to permissibly reimburse employees for individually-incurred health…

8 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: Executive Order Halts Implementation of DOL Fiduciary Rule

Early this afternoon (Friday, February 03, 2017), President Trump signed an Executive Order directing the Department of Labor (DOL) to…

8 years ago

Executive Order Affirms Commitment to Repeal the ACA; Makes No Immediate Changes for Employers

Within hours of being sworn in on Friday, January 20, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order (the Order), that…

8 years ago