Updated November 2021
Stock-based compensation is a staple of senior executives and key management employees in privately held companies. In public companies it is typically broad based as well. In both publicly traded and privately held companies, employees are almost uniformly interested in a ...
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2018 Disability Claims Regulations Apply To More Than Just Disability Plans
Do They Apply to Your Plans?
In April 2018, new disability benefit claims regulations from the Department of Labor (DOL) went into effect.
The regulations apply to more than just ERISA plans that provide disability benefits in a traditional sense (e.g., a long-term disability plan). They ...
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ESOP Succession Planning: A Powerful Tool For Your Business
An ESOP can be a powerful succession planning tool for your business. But relatively few advisors in the marketplace know enough about ESOPs to give you the information you need. We'll give you a head start. Here are five ways an ESOP can fit, or even drive, your succession ...
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Switching Record-Keepers? Avoid Common Pitfalls
Plan sponsors seriously disadvantage themselves and their plan participants by announcing the migration of their plan from one record-keeper to a new record-keeper before all the conditions for a smooth transition have been fulfilled.
There are record-keepers that know this and take full ...
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Public Employer Plans: Giving Employees Benefit Choices Can Lead To Problems
When our public agency clients negotiate with their collectively bargained employees, both sides strive to make the most of limited compensation and benefits dollars. Sometimes the parties believe they can create greater value by letting the employees choose between two employer-provided benefits. ...
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M&A Due Diligence: Retirement Plan Eligibility Mistakes That Can Surface in Transactions
As part of M&A due diligence we review for plan eligibility errors, one of the IRS's noted top 10 most common retirement plan errors submitted to its Voluntary Correction Program. According to the IRS, this mistake most often surfaces as a result of a merger or acquisition. In this episode of ...
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It Pays to Give Your Retirement Plan A Comprehensive Review
Employee Benefits Law Group often works on retirement plans that have been in place for years and we know that simply making sure a plan is up to date is not enough.
We look at a plan’s “foundational basis.” If the underlying plan design, tax assumptions and fiduciary structure—the plan's ...
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M&A Benefits Due Diligence: Failure To File A Form 5500 Is An Expensive Problem To Acquire
In a merger or acquisition, late or never-filed Form 5500s can be an expensive benefits problem to acquire and a sign there may be other issues with the company's benefits plan. It's a potential problem we efficiently solve with M&A benefits due diligence.
In this podcast, Wendy Gilligan ...
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The Affordable Care Act During M&A Due Diligence
The Affordable Care Act is still a concern during an M&A transaction. In this podcast, Jim Paul explains why.
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The Affordable Care Act is still out there. Penalties for individuals were repealed, but employer penalties are still in effect. The IRS has started sending out ...
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