Benefits Blog
"A tax, benefits and ERISA law commentary and news filter." Contains a huge number of well-organized links to relevant laws and blawgs, plus this blawg can be searched.
Author: B. Janell Grenier is a lawyer in suburban Philadelphia, and is also licensed to practice in Missouri, Oklahoma and Utah.
Blawg Related Categories: Benefits/ERISA • Labor & Employment • Law Practice Management • Legal Information
Recent Posts from Benefits Blog
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RMDs for Defined Benefit Plans
The recent edition of the IRS's Retirement News for Employers reminds employers that required minimum distributions from defined benefit plans are still required for 2009 and that the 2009 waiver does not apply to these…
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A Voice From the Past On Health Care Reform
Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine...
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U.S. Corporate Tax Rate Is 2nd Highest in Industrialized World
From the Tax Prof Blog: The Tax Foundation has released U.S. Lags While Competitors Accelerate Corporate Income Tax Reform: New data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) shows that the U.S. corporate…
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Article on Retiree Medical
For an article providing a review of recent legal developments pertaining to retiree medical, read: "Retiree Medical Litigation's Dirty Little Secret: "Location, Location, Location!" (Reader beware: Some might take offense at the descriptive phrase used…
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FTC Guidance Regarding Application of Red Flags Rule to Certain Benefit Plan
The FTC has issued some Q & As which are very helpful to practitioners regarding the application of the Red Flags Rule to certain benefit plans: Plan Loans: 12. If our company meets the definition…
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Op-Ed from Wall Street Journal on How Health Care Legislation Will Change ERISA
From the Wall Street Journal--"Repealing ERISA." Excerpt: ERISA allows employers that self-insure--that is, those large enough to build their own risk pools and pay benefits directly--to offer uniform plans across state lines. This lets thousands…
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One Man's Reward: Doing the Right Thing
A great story in the Boston Globe (as noted by Plan Sponsor) today: "Lappin takes hit for workers." It describes how an owner and founder of a charity, Ronald Lappin, has restored the 401(k) balances…
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Organizational Chart of the Proposed Health Care Plan
Access it here. Read about it in this press release here. Read about the proposed legislation here....
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Denial of Petition for Rehearing in the Deere Case
You can read about it here at the Fiduciary Guidebook....
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One Way to Lower Health Costs: Pay People to Be Healthy
There is a very interesting study here from Wharton suggesting that better wellness programs could be created by employers to encourage workforce health and lower health insurance costs. The article suggests that offering employees a…