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2025 Regulatory Review: Implications for Retirement Plans and Employer Actions

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The first few months of 2025 brought the potential for many changes. On January 20, 2025, one of the Executive Orders pulled back all proposed regulations that had been issued in the last 60 days, including proposed...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

403(b) Plans - Not Your Average Salary Deferral Plan

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Congress continues to pass laws that move 403(b) plans ever closer to 401(k) plans, but 403(b) plans remain distinct. Understanding these differences allows you to maintain a compliant plan that best serves the needs of your...more

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New IRS Guidance on Long-Term, Part-Time Employee Retirement Plan Participation

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New proposed regulations clarify how employers should implement retirement plan eligibility rules for long-term, part-time ("LTPT") employees. While some questions remain, the proposed regulations provide a number of welcome...more

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Have You Been Counting Those Long-Term Part-Time Employee Hours? Initial Plan Year Eligibility is Fast Approaching.

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In efforts to expand access to retirement savings programs for more Americans, the SECURE Act and SECURE 2.0 both included new rules that will require plans to allow long-term part-time (LTPT) employees to make elective...more

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Hughes v. Northwestern University: Lessons for Retirement Committees and Other Fiduciaries

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The Supreme Court recently handed down its much-anticipated decision in Hughes v. Northwestern University. The question before the Court is whether the petitioners – current and former participants in two retirement plans...more

Lewitt Hackman

SECURE Act Creates Need for Estate Plan Review

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Congress recently passed the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (SECURE Act, or the “Act”) implementing one of the most substantial pieces of retirement plan legislation in years, into law....more

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New Jersey to Require Certain Employers to Participate in a State “Auto-IRA” Retirement Savings Plan Program

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On March 28, 2019, New Jersey became the sixth state to pass legislation requiring that certain employers offer to employees a state-sponsored individual retirement account (“IRA”) program with automatic enrollment and...more

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[Podcast]: Proposed IRS Regulations Affecting 401(k) and 403(b) Plans

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In this episode of the Proskauer Benefits Brief, Paul Hamburger co-chair of Proskauer’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group, and associate Steven Einhorn discuss the recently proposed IRS regulations addressing...more

Carlton Fields

Tax Reform And Accumulated Leave (Aka “Special Pay”) Plans

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Provisions in the current proposed Senate tax reform bill would likely reduce the effectiveness of retirement plan arrangements that regularly receive contributions of unused leave for former employees, commonly known as...more

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Mandatory Payroll Deduction Savings Programs Are on the Rise

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According to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), one-third of American workers do not have the option to participate in a retirement savings plan through their employers. To help employees save for retirement, more states are...more

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