Please join Williams Mullen attorneys, Laura Windsor and Brydon DeWitt, for a webinar discussion surrounding the anticipated changes in Labor, Employment and Immigration and Employee Benefits laws and regulations under a new...more
12/4/2024
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Diversity ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employment Policies ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Immigration Enforcement ,
Legislative Agendas ,
NLRB ,
Trump Administration ,
Webinars
Administrators of governmental plans and church plans that are not subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) should review the following actions to be taken before the end of 2024 and address what...more
11/21/2024
/ 403(b) Plans ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Cafeteria Plans ,
Churches ,
Compliance ,
Deferred Compensation ,
Defined Benefit Plans ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Executive Compensation ,
Fiduciary-Standards ,
Health and Welfare Plans ,
Pension Plan Amendments ,
Public Employers ,
SECURE Act
On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt discusses pending court cases regarding the proper use of forfeitures that arise under defined contribution plans. He outlines how these new...more
Join us as we commemorate ERISA’s 50th anniversary and review the past, present and future of this pivotal legislation.
This hybrid event offers two options for attendance: in-person or webinar. Both options will have an...more
8/13/2024
/ Best Practices ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Documentation ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
ERISA Litigation ,
Events ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Plan Administrators ,
Reporting Requirements
On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt discusses a recent ERISA class action case, Lewandowski v. Johnson & Johnson et al., that is a wake-up call for plan fiduciaries managing health and...more
On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt is joined by Ali Pino, a principal and retirement plan consultant with Spherient Advisors, who discusses the proposed Department of Labor rule...more
Plan administrators should review actions to be taken before the end of 2023 and focus on what to expect for 2024. This checklist addresses plan amendments, notices and other considerations for qualified retirement plans,...more
On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt is joined by his colleague, Marc Purintun, who discusses partial plan terminations. While you may be aware that plan sponsors can terminate a plan,...more
It’s that time of year again where Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion and host Brydon DeWitt outline some of the important steps that plan administrators need to take before the end of 2022. He will highlight important...more
On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt is joined by Zan Gormley, a partner in Williams Mullen’s Litigation Section, for a discussion about multiemployer plans. They address what they are,...more
On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt is joined by the chair of Williams Mullen’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice, Marc Purintun, who discusses a recent Supreme Court...more
This hybrid event offers two options for attendance: in-person or webinar. Both options will have an interactive experience and SHRM credit, so choose the method that works best for you.
Topics include:
> SECURE Act...more
8/26/2022
/ 401k ,
Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Deadlines ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retention ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
ERISA Litigation ,
Events ,
Executive Compensation ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Individual Retirement Account (IRA) ,
Retirement Funds ,
Retirement Plan ,
SECURE Act
On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt is joined by Zan Gormley, a partner in Williams Mullen’s Litigation Section, who discusses the law and guidance on what constitutes “assets of the...more
On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt discusses the group health plan broker and consultant compensation disclosure requirements under the Consolidated Appropriations Act and what you...more
On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt is joined once again by Beryl Ball, Principal Financial Advisor at CAPTRUST, who explains the Department of Labor’s recent guidance for plan sponsors...more
On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt is joined by one of Williams Mullen’s newest attorneys, litigator Zan Gormley, who walks us through best practices to help prevent ERISA lawsuits and...more
On the latest episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt discusses the recently issued Department of Labor guidance on continued COVID-19 relief for certain employee benefit plan notice and election...more
3/11/2021
/ Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
COBRA ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
New Guidance ,
Relief Measures ,
Time Extensions
On the latest episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon explains the Department of Labor’s Disaster Relief Notice that extends certain filing and notification timeframes applicable to employee benefit plans...more
7/15/2020
/ Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
COBRA ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Health Plan Sponsors ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Notification Requirements ,
Relief Measures ,
Time Extensions
On the latest episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt discusses the Department of Labor’s long-awaited updates to the ERISA electronic disclosure guidelines....more
On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, Brydon DeWitt is joined once again by special guest Beryl Ball, a senior vice president and financial advisor at CAPTRUST. Brydon and Beryl discuss the importance of...more
Topics include legal considerations for:
• 401(k) Plan participation: Designing a 401(k) plan to increase enrollment and retirement savings
• Financial Wellness Programs: Preparing employees for financial security during...more
8/26/2019
/ 401k ,
Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Events ,
Health Insurance ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Investment Management ,
Retirement Plan ,
Wellness Programs
On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, Brydon DeWitt and Nona Massengill discuss the final regulations for top hat plan filings, which went into effect today, August 16. ...more
A federal district court judge in Washington D.C. dismissed an ERISA fiduciary breach suit brought by a former employee of George Washington University (“GW”), finding the former employee lacked standing to sue. The...more
On this joint edition of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion and GovCon Perspectives podcasts, Brydon DeWitt is joined by special guest Carl Grund, a financial advisor with Signature Financial Partners in Tysons, Va.
Brydon...more
6/20/2019
/ 401k ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retention ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employee Training ,
Federal Contractors ,
Investment Policy Statements ,
Phantom Stock Plans ,
Profit Sharing ,
Qualified Benefit Plans ,
Recruitment Incentives ,
Request for Proposals ,
Safe Harbors ,
Strategic Planning ,
Target Date Funds
In this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, Brydon Dewitt and Claire Pollock discuss how to identify whether voluntary benefits are subject to ERISA and what to do if they are. ...more