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Countdown to Compliance: What Employers Need to Know About New York’s Secure Choice Savings Program

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New York has officially joined the growing list of states requiring certain private employers to offer retirement savings options. The New York Secure Choice Savings Program (Secure Choice or the Program) is moving closer to...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Things I Worry About (5): Long-Term, Part-Time Employees (1)

The SECURE Act (“SECURE 1.0”) included a provision that required sponsors of 401(k) plans to include their long-term, part-time, or LTPT, employees in their plans for purposes of deferring part of their compensation into the...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

2024 qualified retirement plan and health and welfare plan checklist: A very demure, very mindful year

With 2024 drawing to a close, employers should review any actions needed before year-end with respect to their benefit plans, as well as some upcoming deadlines that may require advance planning. As the adage attributed to...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Correcting Automatic Enrollment Errors

The SECURE 2.0 Act made it easier for retirement plan sponsors to correct automatic enrollment errors. As a policy matter, Congress strongly supports automatic enrollment provisions in retirement plans, and making it easier...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Things I Worry About (3): Automatic Enrollment (3)

SECURE 2.0 was enacted on December 29, 2022. Among its provisions is a requirement that “new” 401(k) plans and private sector 403(b) plans must automatically enroll their eligible employees, but not until the first plan year...more

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[Webinar] Employee Benefits SECURE Act 2.0 Series - Part 2: Distribution Rule Revisions - April 12th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

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Warner’s Employee Benefits Practice Group is pleased to present a webinar series on significant new retirement plan legislation, the SECURE Act 2.0. While we expect implementing the new law to take several years, some...more

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[Webinar] Employee Benefits SECURE Act 2.0 Series - Part 1: Changes to Retirement Plan Eligibility and Contributions - March 28th,...

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Warner’s Employee Benefits Practice Group is pleased to present a webinar series on significant new retirement plan legislation, the SECURE Act 2.0. While we expect implementing the new law to take several years, some...more

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The SECURE Act 2.0: The Most Impactful Provisions (#1–Automatic Plans)

The President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which included SECURE Act 2.0, on December 29, 2022—the “enactment date”. SECURE Act 2.0 has over 90 provisions, some major and some minor. One of the most...more

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10 Most Significant Employee Benefits Law Changes in 2023’s Federal Spending Bill

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Besides ensuring the federal government remains fully funded, President Biden’s signature Thursday on the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA 23) contains several provisions that will directly impact health and...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Expanding Coverage and Increasing Retirement Savings with the SECURE 2.0 Act

Congress has passed long-awaited retirement legislation under Division T of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 known as the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (the “Act”), which awaits the President’s signature. The Act is a...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Still push automatic enrollment

When I was at college, I was very involved politically. Someone I met my freshman year at Stony Brook and a friend to this day was someone I met through these political circles and has made a name for himself as a state party...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Adoption of some 401(k) plan features are leveling off

There are many choices in developing options for a 401(k) plan and certain features such as automatic enrollment and Roth 401(k) have only been law since 2006. 14 years later, it would not be surprising that the percentage of...more

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[Webinar] SECURE Act: What Plan Sponsors Need to Know - February 18th, 11:00 am ET

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The SECURE Act* makes significant changes to employer-sponsored retirement plans and many of the changes take effect immediately. Highlights of the provisions of the SECURE Act that are effective in 2020 include: -...more

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The SECURE Act: Top 3 Issues to Consider Now

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Hundreds of articles have been published over the last two weeks about the SECURE Act (“Act”), which was signed into law in late December as part of the most recent budget bill. As you are certainly aware by now, the Act...more

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DOL Confirms ERISA Preemption of State Laws Affecting Automatic Enrollment Features in ERISA Plans

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The U.S. Department of Labor (the "DOL") issued an Information Letter on December 8, 2018 (the “Letter”) confirming that state laws requiring written consent before amounts are withheld from employees’ wages to contribute to...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Auto Enrollment is going up

When automatic enrollment was first introduced, it was introduced as a negative election and I thought it was just a cheap gimmick by an employer to help their actual deferral percentage test because all money from the...more

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2017 End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” List Qualified Retirement Plans (Part 4)

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As 2017 comes to an end, we are pleased to present you with our traditional End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. This year, we are publishing our “To Do” Lists in four separate Employee Benefits Updates. Part 1 covered...more

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Employee Benefits Provisions of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015

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The Bipartisan Budget Act includes the following important employee-benefit related provisions: - It repeals the automatic enrollment mandate of the Affordable Care Act. Under the ACA, employers with more than 200...more

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