Many companies are scrambling to quickly assess how to reduce the business impact of the upheaval to U.S. manufacturing and trading with the recent onslaught of tariffs threatened or imposed by the United States and the...more
4/22/2025
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COBRA ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Deferred Compensation ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employer Contributions ,
Layoffs ,
Retirement Plan ,
Severance Agreements ,
Stock Options ,
Tariffs ,
Vesting
As a member of your company’s human resources or employee benefits department, one of the most difficult calls you may receive is from a colleague or an employee’s family member notifying you of the death of an employee. This...more
3/25/2025
/ Beneficiaries ,
Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
COBRA ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Death Benefits ,
Deferred Compensation ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Estate Planning ,
FICA Taxes ,
Flexible Spending Accounts ,
FUTA ,
Health and Welfare Plans ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Pensions ,
Probate ,
Retirement Plan ,
Wills
The form of a corporate transaction sets the stage for the employee benefits and executive compensation (EBEC) strategy – in the scope of due diligence and purchase agreement negotiations and post-closing activity. The charts...more
4/22/2021
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Bonuses ,
COBRA ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Executive Compensation ,
Flexible Spending Accounts ,
Golden Parachutes ,
IRS ,
Pre-Employment Agreements ,
Retirement Plan ,
Vacation Pay
As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to impact businesses across the country and the world, many employers have implemented, or are considering, employee salary or wage reductions as one way to reduce overall business...more
4/16/2020
/ Best Practices ,
Business Continuity Plans ,
Business Expenses ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Crisis Management ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Furloughs ,
Layoffs ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Public Health ,
Risk Management ,
Small Business ,
State and Local Government ,
Wage and Hour
The “Bottom Line” -
Learn the new rules for who is a “covered employee” and keep track of these individuals because “once a covered employee, always a covered employee”
Evaluate compensation arrangements and contracts...more
1/8/2018
/ Compensation & Benefits ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Covered Employees ,
Employee Benefits ,
Executive Compensation ,
Grandfathered Status ,
Income Taxes ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Section 162(m) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform