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New Law Permitting Health Reimbursement Plans in some Small Employer Situations
December 22nd, 2016
As we have previously reported, the regulators take the position that, since the effective date of the ACA, employer plans that reimburse employees for individual health polic…
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Latest Developments for Opt-Out Arrangements
December 14th, 2016
As we have discussed in prior e-Alerts and at our seminars, over the last several years the IRS has taken a variety of sometimes inconsistent positions on the effect of employ…
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Late Breaking Developments
December 6th, 2016
We want to call your attention to some recent developments. Effect of the Presidential Election on the April 10, 2017 DOL Fiduciary Rule. As we discussed in prior e-Alerts, ea…
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Montgomery County, MD Paid Sick and Safe Leave – Effective October 1, 2016
September 6th, 2016
Montgomery County, MD’s new “Earned Sick and Safe Leave Law,” which goes into effect October 1, 2016, requires employers to provide paid sick and safe leave to most empl…
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Retirement Plan Fee and Investments Lawsuits Against Employers
August 30th, 2016
We imagine that all of our clients have seen the rather extensive press about the growing series of lawsuits being brought – often by “professional class action lawyers”…
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Non-Profit and Government Employers - New Deferred Comp Rules
August 5th, 2016
As we previously reported, in June the IRS published extensive proposed regulations under Code Section 457, the Code section that governs the nonqualified deferred compensatio…
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New Proposed Regulations under Code Sections 457 and 409A
June 22nd, 2016
Section 457 Regulations Today, the IRS published the long expected proposed regulations under section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code that prescribe rules applicable to defer…
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Employee Health Plans - HHS Begins Nationwide HIPAA Audit Programs
June 9th, 2016
The Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services has begun its previously-announced nationwide HIPAA audit programs of employers and their HIPAA Busi…
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New DOL Rules Expand Definitions of “Fiduciary” and “Advice”
May 20th, 2016
Last month, the DOL published its long awaited/feared final regulations expanding the definition of “fiduciaries” who provide “advice” (as very broadly defined) relati…
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Seminar on Employment Law Audits
March 24th, 2016
Is your organization ready for an employment law audit by a federal or state agency? Regardless of size or industry, all employers are at risk of being audited — but most ar…
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