SURVEY SAYS: Are you ready for fee disclosure rules?
Last week, I asked NewsDash readers, "are you ready for fee disclosure rules?"
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SURVEY SAYS: Are you ready for fee disclosure rules?
The deadline for complying with provider fee disclosure rules under 408(b)(2) is July 1, and the deadline for participant fee disclosure rules under 404(a)(5) follows 60 days later.
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New Summary of Benefits Rule: The Devil is in the Details – Part I
One of PPACA's new requirements is that a group health plan provides any eligible individuals with a summary of benefits and coverage (SBC).
(b)lines Ask the Experts – Plan Documents Not Amended for All Legislation
May 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – “An ERISA 403(b) plan sponsor adopted a plan document back in 1997, but never amended the document to reflect legally required provisions...
SURVEY SAYS: What’s your favorite sitcom and why?
Last week I asked NewsDash readers what is your favorite network television sitcom, and why?
(b)lines Ask the Experts – How to Provide a Clergy Housing Allowance
April 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – “I have a church plan client that wants to provide a housing allowance for their pastor in retirement through their 403(b) retirement...
SURVEY SAYS: How strong an incentive to participate is the company match?
Last week I asked NewsDash readers, how strong an incentive do you think a company match contribution is in getting employees to participate in their employer’s retirement plan?
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Identity Crisis: Keeping Track of Employer Types
Until recently, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has largely focused more on the rules of retirement plan administration than on the type of employer sponsoring the plan.
SURVEY SAYS: How strong an incentive is the company match?
When it comes to the power of the company match to incent employees to participate in their employer-sponsored retirement plans, research results have gone both ways.
(b)lines Ask the Experts – Getting Rid of Old Plan Documentation
April 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – “We are performing some spring cleaning here at the employee benefits office, and we noticed that we have TON of records related...
SURVEY SAYS: What is the most funny/unusual request you’ve received?
Last week, I asked readers, what is the most unusual/funny question or request you’ve received from a retirement plan participant or client?
SURVEY SAYS: What unusual/funny request have you received?
Yesterday we reported about a Robert Half survey in which IT workers reported some of the most unusual requests they received from co-workers.
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SECOND OPINIONS: SCOTUS Decision: Roadmap for Plan Sponsors
The Supreme Court hearings on health care reform have garnered an extraordinary amount of press and opinions, some accurate and some not so much.
(b)lines Ask the Experts – 403(b) Contributions and Tax Reporting
April 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – “I am a fairly new employee at a nonprofit hospital, who made elective deferrals to a 403(b) plan for the very first...
SURVEY SAYS: Would You Give a Potential Employer Your Facebook Password?
There’s been much news lately about employers asking job candidates for Facebook login information, and whether this is an invasion of privacy.
SURVEY SAYS: Employers Asking for Facebook Login Info
There’s been much news lately about employers asking job candidates for Facebook login information, and whether this is an invasion of privacy.
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SECOND OPINIONS: Employer Mandate, Waiting Period, and Auto-Enrollment Issues – Part II
The IRS, DoL and HHS recently issued guidance (IRS Notice 2012-17; DoL Technical Release 2012-1) in the form of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on various issues related to...
(b)lines Ask the Experts – Universal Availability Exclusion
March 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – “Though I have discussed the administrative burden of utilizing such an approach, some of my 403(b) plan sponsor clients wish to exclude...
SURVEY SAYS: What Do You Think about Changing the Tax Treatment of 401(k)s?
In the past two years, proposals have been made to change the tax treatment of 401(k) contributions either by capping the amount of contributions that can be made...