Great Women in Compliance: The Mind at Work with Lynette Buebird
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Cost, Care and Captives: A Mid-Size Employer’s Guide to Benefit Trends
Regulatory Rollback: Legal Challenges and Opportunities in Earned-Wage Access — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Regulatory Rollback: Legal Challenges and Opportunities in Earned-Wage Access — The Consumer Finance Podcast
FTC and Florida Focus on Non-Competes, SCOTUS to Rule on Pension Withdrawal Liability - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
What the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Means for Employers - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
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? What’s 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: What’s Next for Inclusion?
Summer Strategies for Work Success
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Gag Clause Prohibitions
Crafting Effective Flexible Leave Policies for Employers
Ampliación del fuero de paternidad
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Forfeitures Under Fire
Coffee Badging: Mastering the Art of Office Presence — Hiring to Firing Podcast
Navigating Legal Strategies for Covering GLP-1s in Self-Insured Medical Plans — Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Podcast
Exploring Carried Interest in Upper Tier Private Equity Structures — PE Pathways
Daily Compliance News: May 15, 2025, The Downfall in Davos Edition
One of my favorite sayings is: “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” To me, it’s a reminder that even when we mean well, things don’t always turn out the way we hoped....more
En el marco de la implementación de la Reforma de Pensiones contenida en la Ley N°21.735, el 1 de agosto se dará inicio a la contribución obligatoria de empleadores al nuevo sistema mixto, incrementando en 1% la cotización...more
On August 1, 2025, employers in Chile will be required to make mandatory contributions to the country’s new mixed pension system, as established under Law No. 21.735. This marks the initial phase of broader pension reform,...more
I enjoy business history and why certain businesses and organizations fail. I knew Sears and Blockbuster Video would fail, years ahead of time. I knew the synagogue where I was a member and where my son had his bris, would...more
When I was at law school in Washington D.C., I discovered Hollywood Video which was a thousand times better than Blockbuster because it had a better selection and the rental price was less. I’d spend my free time watching...more
For the last two months, I had two phone call conversations with plan providers that I haven’t talked to, in some time. The reason I didn’t talk to either person for a long time, was because they were working for bosses who I...more
As many of you know, a substantive part of my income is independent fiduciary work. Whether it’s an ERISA §3(16) administrator, trustee, or Pooled Plan Provider (PPP), my other business Austin 3(16) Fiduciary Limited, is...more
When I started at a law firm over 16 years ago, my idea was to start a National practice that was devoted to ERISA and single-employer re- tirement plans. The idea was that utilizing the law firm’s existing clientele to...more
When I was a kid in day school in Brooklyn, we had a classmate whose shtick was that he was rich. He wasn’t rich, his father was a pa- thologist who worked at a city hospital, his mother didn’t work, and they rented a nice...more
At home, I have Verizon FIOS for TV and the Internet after having my cable provider, Optimum for about 13 years. A few years ago, I was enticed to re-sign with Optimum and their new Altice converter box/router....more
Iremember as a kid in the 1980s, being fascinated that 2000 was upon us. Now, we are almost 25 years in, and 2025 is just around the corner. The beauty of the 401(k) plan business is that it’s constantly changing, it’s way...more
When I was a kid, I was rather shy. It certainly didn’t help that my parents were domineering. Even as an adult, I would always try to be agree- able and try to get along by not saying no. For the past 14 years with my...more
By nature, he’s a malcontent. He’s always been a malcontent and you know, that’s just life.” That was re- cord executive David Geffen speaking about The Eagles’ Don Henley. That could probably describe me as an employee. The...more
With Thanksgiving done, we look to the holidays and the New Year. While many of us are busy shopping for loved ones, many businesses and individuals have their eyes geared towards next year. As a retirement plan sponsor, you...more
Going for that annual review was like going to a dentist if I had cavities. You know it would be painful because you’d hear how awful you were all year, so they could cut back on whatever salary increase you thought you...more
Ialways say that the real reason I never hired employees for my law firm is that I was once an employee too. That means that no matter what my employer could do, there would probably be some- thing I still would complain...more
When your practice is successful as a retirement plan provider, you’re going to want to hire people who work outside the retirement plan business to help you manage your firm because the day-to-day running of a business...more
Having a small plan like a SEP a SIMPLE or a Solo 401(k) Plan may make sense from a financial standpoint. The problem is like I felt when I was an associate attorney at some “fak- akta” (my favorite Yiddish word) Long Is-...more
Our lives are the sum of our choices. How we act and choose to interact with other people can have a bear- ing on our business as 401(k) plan provid- ers. I may be good at a lot of things, but lying isn’t one of them. I...more
A long-time advisor-client called with a chuckle that both he and I were right and a partner at a law firm admitted that we were....more
Ihave a college degree and two law de- grees (I’m not bragging), so I have three alma maters. I attended Stony Brook University, American University Washing- ton College of Law, and Boston University. Out of the three, my...more
As qualified retirement plan sponsors evaluate the various new distribution options available under SECURE 2.0 (read our overview here), it is worth asking: What is your company’s retirement philosophy? The answer to this...more
When I first started in the retirement plan business in 1998, I worked for a law firm that served as the counsel for a third-party administration (TPA) firm in Syosset, NY....more
I call this time of the year Retirement Plan Crazy Season where plan sponsors decided to change plan providers to get things changing smoothly on January 1. I call it Crazy Season based on NASCAR’s Crazy Season when drivers...more
There is a saying I have about scams: “I’m from Brooklyn, you’re go- ing to have to get up earlier in the morning to get one on me.” Growing up in Canarsie Brooklyn in the 1970s and 1980s allowed me to have street smarts,...more