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Employee Benefits Blog
401(k) Lawsuits on the Rise: Best Practices for Plan Fiduciaries
By Todd Solomon
At the 36th Annual ISCEBS Symposium, Todd Solomon presented best practices for plan fiduciaries to avoid 401(k) plan and 403(b) plan class action lawsuits. Todd discussed fiduciary responsibilities under ERISA…
Pensions and Benefits
Threat to 401(k) plans?
By Carl Draucker, Gregory Viviani
With U.S. tax reform on the horizon, there are some reports that lawmakers are considering limiting annual pretax contribution limits to 401(k) plans to $2,400. The current tax code allows…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Why It’s So Hard for Americans to Save for Retirement
Ted Benna, considered by many to be the father of the 401(k), is still striving to make it easier for ordinary Americans to save for retirement. Despite numerous retirement options…
The CPA Desk
Boost Your 401(k) Contribution Rate Before 2017 Ends
By Becky Leong
One important step to both reducing taxes and saving for retirement is to contribute to a tax-advantaged retirement plan. If your employer offers a 401(k) plan, contributing to that is…
The Retirement Plan Blog
SIMPLE vs. 401(k): November 1 Deadline Approaching
By Jerry Kalish
Tax planning as in life can be a series of trade-offs. Whether to have a SIMPLE-IRA vs. a 401(k) plan is one of those trade-offs. And if you currently have a…
Benefits Law Advisor
FORFEITURE FREEDOM
Some of our employer client sponsors of pre-approved 401(k) plans have contacted us regarding plan amendment notices received recently from their prototype or volume submitter plan document sponsors relating to…
The Business of Benefits
IRS’s New 401(k) Pre-Approved Document Rules Suggests a Path To Address 403(b) Document Challenges
By Robert Toth
One of the more difficult rules that the IRS has imposed on the 403(b) market in recent years is the complete ban on issuing determination letters on individually designed 403(b)…
Employee Benefits Blog
The Quandary of Publicly-Traded Employer Stock in a 401(k) Plan
Offering employer stock in a 401(k) plan investment lineup can seem like a win-win situation. It can enable employees to become company owners—real, skin-in-the-game, participants in their employer's economic future—through…
Employment Law Letter
Webinar: 401(k) Plans: Best Practices for Employers and Plan Administrators
By Richard I. Cohen, Ira Goldman, Kelly Smith Hathorn
Join Shipman & Goodwin pension and employee benefits attorneys for this complimentary webinar for companies with 401(k) plans. Presenters will discuss today’s 401(k) issues that require the immediate and ongoing…
School Law
Webinar: 401(k) Plans – Best Practices for Employers and Plan Administrators
Join Shipman & Goodwin pension and employee benefits attorneys for this complimentary webinar for institutions with 401(k) plans. Presenters will discuss today’s 401(k) issues that require the immediate and ongoing focus…