SURVEY SAYS: When WIll Your Memorial Day Weekend Begin (and End)?
May 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Memorial Day is closer than you might realize.
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What’s the Latest on the PPACA’s Waiting Period Limitation?
May 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – This week a reader asks about an update on the PPACA waiting period limitation.
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IMHO: Loan Arranging
May 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The headlines last week were all about how new legislation had been introduced to cut down on the “leakage” from 401(k)...
(b)lines Ask the Experts – Separate Plans for Employee and Employer Contributions
May 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – “Can a 501(c)(3) entity sponsor a non-ERISA 403(b) for deferral contributions and a SEP-IRA for employer contributions?”
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Provider Fail?
May 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - Recently a (b)lines reader sent a question to our Ask the Experts panel asking if her employer, a plan sponsor, or its...
SURVEY SAYS: Have You Done Your Jury "Duty?"
May 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A couple of weeks ago I got an “invitation” for jury duty.
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What is a Full-Time Employee Under the PPACA Coverage Mandate?
May 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – This week a reader asks about the definition of full-time employee under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act coverage mandate.
(b)lines Ask the Experts – Frozen Plan Now Small Plan for Audit Purposes
May 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – “We have a 403b ERISA plan that filed a 5500 with an audit in 2009. On 09/01/09 we froze the plan. As...
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Building a Great 403(b) Menu: Part 1, the Groundwork
May 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - If it ain’t broke… We’re all too busy to fix things that aren’t obviously broken, but how do we know if we...
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A Retirement Plan Approach to Health Care
May 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - After some initial groaning by 403(b) plan sponsors following passage of the 2007 regulations, many decided to move forward positively with the...
SURVEY SAYS: What Workplace Behaviors Drive You Crazy?
May 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Yesterday we covered an Accountemps survey that outlined the coworker behaviors that most aggravated chief financial officers (CFOs).
SURVEY SAYS: Is Your CEO Overpaid?
May 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Earlier this week we reported that the median value of salaries, bonuses, and long-term incentive awards for CEOs of 350...
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IMHO: Out of Proportion
May 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Without question the retirement plan industry has prospered from the long-standing practice of relying heavily – and in some situations,...
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PPACA and Wellness Programs
May 10, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following PPACA, employers are even more interested in encouraging healthy behaviors and decreasing health care costs through wellness programs.
(b)lines Ask the Experts – Responsibility for Updating Plan to Comply with Regs
May 10, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – “Our museum has a 403(b) plan with only one provider that provides investment vehicles and also serves as the third party administrator. We...
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Form 5500 Reporting – A Review
May 10, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Before 2009, Form 5500 reporting for ERISA 403(b) plans was very limited. Beginning with the 2009 plan year that reporting expanded in several...
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Two Sides to Every Story
May 6, 2011 – (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - Recently, I found myself at odds with myself. As a Senior Editor at PLANSPONSOR, I tend to view things from the...
SURVEY SAYS: What’s Your Favorite Mommy-ism?
May 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This Sunday is Mother’s Day – and Mom, by whatever name you call her, enjoys a well-deserved and very special...
SURVEY SAYS: Which Would Your Workforce Most Prefer – DB or DC?
May 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Gary Findlay’s column earlier this week triggered a couple of interesting comments – and a survey idea.
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IMHO: The Enemy of the Good?
May 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over the past couple of years 401(k) evaluation service BrightScope has made quite a splash.