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Regulatory Rollback: Legal Challenges and Opportunities in Earned-Wage Access â Payments Pros â The Payments Law Podcast
Regulatory Rollback: Legal Challenges and Opportunities in Earned-Wage Access â The Consumer Finance Podcast
FTC and Florida Focus on Non-Competes, SCOTUS to Rule on Pension Withdrawal Liability - #WorkforceWednesdayÂŽ - Employment Law This WeekÂŽ
What the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Means for Employers - #WorkforceWednesdayÂŽ - Employment Law This WeekÂŽ
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) Explained
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 241: Fighting Nurse Burnout with Data-Driven Innovation with Dr. Ecoee Rooney of Indicator Sciences
Is the Four-Day Workweek Really a Benefit? Whatâs the Tea in L&E?
Work this Way: An Employment Law Video Podcast | Episode 50: Creating a Competitive Advantage Through Employee Benefits with Connor Shaw of Gallagher
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 72 - Cultural Roots, Belonging, and the Fear of Change: Whatâs Next for Inclusion?
Summer Strategies for Work Success
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Gag Clause Prohibitions
Crafting Effective Flexible Leave Policies for Employers
AmpliaciĂłn del fuero de paternidad
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Forfeitures Under Fire
Coffee Badging: Mastering the Art of Office Presence â Hiring to Firing Podcast
Navigating Legal Strategies for Covering GLP-1s in Self-Insured Medical Plans â Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Podcast
Exploring Carried Interest in Upper Tier Private Equity Structures â PE Pathways
Daily Compliance News: May 15, 2025, The Downfall in Davos Edition
Navigating Employee Leave and Reasonable Accommodation Requests Under the FMLA, ADA, and PWFA
Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) have been used as a business succession strategy by employers across many industries. In the cannabis industry, ESOPs have come and gone and come again as a trendy topic promising to fix...more
Starting March 17, 2025, the Employee Benefits Security Administrationâs Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (âVFCPâ) will have a âself-correctionâ option. Although the new option eliminates the need to wait for formal...more
I sound like a broken record, but I wonât stop until 401(k) plan sponsors understand the issue of a late Form 5500 and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of Labor (DOL) penalties....more
The Employee Benefits Security Administration recently released its final rule amending and restating the Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program, along with corresponding amendments to a related class exemption, Prohibited...more
The second Trump administration is intensely focused on enforcement of U.S. immigration laws. Understandably, employers are concerned about immigration visits and Form I-9 compliance, and human resource professionals are...more
âSolo 401(k)â is a marketing term used for a 401(k) plan that is adopted by a sole proprietor or an incorporated business with no employees other than the owner. These plans offer a greater retirement savings opportunity...more
The most recent wave of ERISA litigation is focused on the use of plan forfeitures in 401(k) plans, with the newest case, Armenta v. WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. being filed just last week. Although, for years, many...more
The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a much awaited amendment to its Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFC Program). Notably, the amendment adds a self-correction feature for the delinquent transmittal of...more
The wildfires moving through Southern California have destroyed communities and displaced countless individuals....more
On January 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Laborâs Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announced significant updates to the VFCP. These changes, effective March 17, 2025, introduce a self-correction feature for...more
If you have ever found $10 in the pocket of a coat that you have not worn for some time, you are familiar with the delight of finding lost money that belongs to you. The Department of Laborâs new Retirement Savings Lost &...more
In the wake of the horrific wildfires in Los Angeles (which are ongoing as of today), employees based in the Los Angeles area may have questions about available support from employer-sponsored 401(k) plan accounts and other...more
SECURE 2.0 was enacted on December 29, 2022. Among its provisions is a requirement that ânewâ 401(k) plans and private sector 403(b) plans must automatically enroll their eligible employees, but not until the first plan year...more
On July 25, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas stayed the U.S. Department of Laborâs (DOL) recently-issued final rule, set to take effect September 23, 2024, which would amend the definition of an...more
On April 2, 2024, the US Department of Labor (DOL) issued an amendment establishing new rules (New QPAM Rules) for what is commonly referred to as the "QPAM Exemption."Â The QPAM Exemption is the main exemption relied upon by...more
Today, employees are more likely than ever to seek new employment opportunities and change jobs. These employees may leave a company before becoming fully vested in their qualified retirement plan benefits â which may result...more
From the 2010 outset of its project to extend ERISA fiduciary status broadly to financial intermediaries, including insurance agents, the US Department of Labor (DOL) has consistently relied on the evolution of the private...more
The Department of Laborâs final definition of âinvestment adviceâ fiduciary regulation makes many more individuals fiduciaries under both the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code. Where for...more
The Department of Labor (âDOLâ) recently released a final regulation (the âFiduciary Ruleâ) redefining âinvestment adviceâ under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (âERISAâ) and section 4975 of...more
All qualified retirement plans are subject to a myriad of requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA). The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is charged with enforcing the...more
On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (âDOLâ or âDepartmentâ) issued a final regulatory package amending its fiduciary investment advice regulation and revising numerous existing prohibited transaction exemptions...more
On April 23, 2024, the Department of Labor published its long-awaited final retirement security rule broadening the definition of who is an âinvestment advice fiduciaryâ under section 3(21) of the Employee Retirement Income...more
On April 23, 2024, the Department of Labor (the âDOLâ) issued a final regulation (the âFinal Ruleâ) that describes the circumstances under which a person will be considered a fiduciary for purposes of the Employee Retirement...more
On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released its final amendments to the regulations under Section 3(21) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) defining an âinvestment advice...more
One of the most basic duties of a defined contribution plan sponsor is to ensure that that there is no delay and participantsâ salary deferral elections are correctly and timely deposited into the retirement plan. Not only is...more