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DOL Proposed Increase to Overtime Exemption Minimum Salary Requirement
				April 5th, 2019			
		
		
		
	
				
		White Collar Exemption The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) exempts from overtime and minimum wage requirements certain employees who meet both a minimum salary requirement and…
		
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	Clients & Friends Seminar(s) 2019
				January 17th, 2019			
		
		
		
	
				
		As many of our seminar attendees have noticed, and thanks to the support of those attendees, we have outgrown the BWI Marriott for our annual Clients & Friends Seminar. Th…
		
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	New Hardship Rules, New DOL Disability Claims Procedures, and ACA Developments
				January 17th, 2019			
		
		
		
	
				
		New Hardship Withdrawal Rules. We have been fielding a lot of calls from clients and friends who are receiving requests from their TPAs and other vendors to update their quali…
		
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	October 6 Clients and Friends Celebration; May 10 Clients and Friends Seminar
				April 18th, 2018			
		
		
		
	
				
		I. October 6, 2018 Clients and Friends Celebration. As previously announced, to celebrate the wonderful support we’ve received from our clients and friends during our first…
		
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	IRS Lowers Previously-Announced 2018 Limits; IRS Guidance on HDHP Status
				March 12th, 2018			
		
		
		
	
				
		Changes in 2018 Family HSA Limit and 2018 Adoption Assistance Limit The IRS just announced – mid-year – that the family Health Savings Account contribution limit for calen…
		
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	Upcoming Seminar: Maryland's New Healthy Working Families Act
				February 28th, 2018			
		
		
		
	
				
		As we reported previously, the Maryland General Assembly voted on January 12, 2018 to override Governor Hogan’s veto of the “Maryland Healthy Working Families Act,” a bi…
		
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	Upcoming Seminar; Upcoming Client Celebration; New Budget Law’s Employee Benefit Changes
				February 16th, 2018			
		
		
		
	
				
		I. Upcoming Seminar. As previously announced, we’ll be holding our next clients and friends seminar at the BWI Marriott on Thursday May 10, 2018, from 8 a.m. to noon. Pl…
		
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	Effective Date of Maryland Healthy Working Families Act
				February 12th, 2018			
		
		
		
	
				
		As we previously announced (https://smithdowney.com/2018/01/new-maryland-paid-sick-leave-law/), the Maryland General Assembly voted on January 12, 2018 to override Governor Hog…
		
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	New Maryland Paid Sick Leave Law
				January 15th, 2018			
		
		
		
	
				
		The Maryland General Assembly voted on January 12, 2018 to override Governor Hogan’s veto of the “Maryland Healthy Working Families Act,” a bill that will require Maryla…
		
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	New Tax Law – Additional Details
				December 22nd, 2017			
		
		
		
	
				
		We have been very busy brainstorming with our clients about the impact of the new tax bill on their employee benefit and executive compensation plans and the participants in t…
		
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