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EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Employee benefits range from health insurance to summer hours; from 401K matches to four-day work weeks; and more. This topic will cover the latest news and trends in employee benefits.

Employee Benefits is part of Business Exchange, suggested by Lou Tosto. This topic contains 1,147 news and 451 blog items. Read updated news, blogs, and resources about Employee Benefits. Find user-submitted articles and reactions on Employee Benefits from like-minded professionals.

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Long Time Separation Does Not Equal Divorcemore

Most employers know that a married participant in a qualified retirement plan must name a spouse as beneficiary for at...

Teleworking Helps Mothers “Lean In”more

This story originally appeared in Psychology Today. National Telework Week buzzed about, ironically, bans on...

I’m An Applicable Large Employer – To Whom Must I Offer Health Coverag...more

Beginning in 2014, the employer shared responsibility mandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...

It Pays To Add A Statute Of Limitations To Your Plan’s Claims Procedur...more

ERISA requires that plans contain a reasonable claims procedure. Courts have generally required claimants to exhaust...

More On Discounted Stock Options Under Section 409Amore

My colleague Jeff Cairns blogged about a recent court case confirming the IRS’s position that discounted stock options...

DOL Issues Self-Compliance Tools For Health Benefits Lawsmore

The US Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has issued two compliance tools to help...

A New Labor Modelmore

Gone are the days when temporary labor meant the image of the "Kelly Girl," administrative personnel who can...

Section 409A Tax Assessed An Discounted Stock Options – Taxpayer Sues ...more

Code Section 409A which was effective in January 1, 2005, provides strict rules that must be applied to most deferred...

DOL Publishes Helpful Self Compliance Toolsmore

The Department of Labor has published two checklists that plan sponsors can use to test their compliance with group...

Target Date Retirement Funds – Tips For Plan Fiduciariesmore

Many plan sponsors have selected so-called “target date” funds as the default investment under the plan sponsor’s...

Final HIPAA/HITECH Rules: Compliance Actions for Employee Benefit Plan...more

The Department of Health and Human Services recently released final regulations modifying the HIPAA Privacy, Security...

DOL Issues Guidance for ERISA Plans to Engage in Cleared Swapsmore

On February 7, 2013, the US Department of Labor (DOL) issued Advisory Opinion 2013-01A (the “Advisory Opinion”), which...

Supreme Court Review of Same-Sex Marriage Cases Could Require Signific...more

In our 2012 End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists, we indicated that there was a strong possibility that the Supreme...

Union Friendly - Using Collectively Bargained Pension Plans to Maximiz...more

Overview - In Part I of this series, I discussed the benefits of collective bargaining agreements for small business...

Canadian Coalition For Good Governance Releases 2013 Executive Compens...more

The Canadian Coalition for Good Governance (“CCGG”) recently released its 2013 Executive Compensation Principles (the...

I’m Not An Applicable Large Employer Under The Affordable Care Act…Or ...more

Only applicable large employers may be assessed a penalty under the employer shared responsibility mandate of the...

Proposed Rules Issued On Contraceptive Coveragemore

The Affordable Care Act requires most health plans to cover certain women’s preventive services, including...

Employee Benefits in an Insolvencymore

In a judgment rendered in December 2012, the British Columbia Court of Appeal (“BC CA”) further clarified an insurer's...

Labor Leaders and Working Women Celebrate 20 Years of The Family and M...more

You read that right. Its been 20 years since the United States passed job-protected, unpaid family medical leave for...

Health Care Reform “Pay Or Play” Guidance Issuedmore

In early January, the Internal Revenue Service published proposed regulations on “Shared Responsibility for Employers...

EBSA Updates Delinquent Filer Voluntary Compliance Programmore

On January 28, 2013, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor...

US Executive Compensation In Ireland: The US Chamber Of Commerce Weigh...more

As reported January 28th in The Irish Times, the paper has obtained information using the Freedom of Information Act to...

Independent Contractor Or Employee – It Can Depend Upon Who Has The Bu...more

Those of us who work in the benefits area understand that the distinction between employee and independent contractor...

American Taxpayer Relief Act Affects Mass Transit Benefits and Other E...more

On January 2, 2013, President Obama signed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 ("ATRA") into law.

Fiscal Cliff Legislation - Employee Benefits and Compensation Provisio...more

Earlier this month we notified you that that under the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012—i.e., the “fiscal cliff...

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