This Blog Has Moved
This blog has moved to http://www.erisafile.com/blog.
-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Archives
- February 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- December 2010
- October 2010
- January 2010
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
Categories
- 401(k)
- 403(b)
- 457 Plans
- amendments
- Automatic Enrollment
- Cafeteria Plans
- Carnival of Employee Benefits
- Cash Balance
- Compensation
- DBK
- Deduction Limits 404
- Defined Benefit
- Determination Letters
- Direct Deposit to IRA
- Distributions
- DOL
- Domestic Relations Order
- Eligibility
- ERISA
- ESOP
- Fees and Expenses
- Final 409A Regs
- Final 415 Regs
- Form 5500
- fun
- Independent Contractors
- Industry News
- Investments
- IRS
- Legislation
- Litigation
- multiemployer
- Multiple Employer Plans
- Nonqualified Deferred Comp
- Nonspouse Beneficiary
- Notices
- Phased Retirement
- Plan Language
- Profit sharing
- Quarterly Benefit Statements 508
- Regulations
- Restatements
- Rollovers
- Stock Diversification
- Termination
- Uncategorized
- Vesting
Meta
Category Archives: Cafeteria Plans
Cost of Production Not Reason for TPA Firm to Not Produce Documents
As defined contribution prototype and volume submitter plans begin to restate for EGTRRA later this year, and electronic storage of the old plan documents and amendments becomes more prevalent, this case is worth remembering before designing an electronic storage system. … Continue reading
Posted in Cafeteria Plans, Litigation
Leave a comment
Plan Language on Reimbursement after Sereboff – One Case, Two Different Outcomes
One set of facts, two plan documents involved = two different outcomes. While redrafting a cafeteria plan document to update the language in the plan, the Eleventh Circuit’s decision in Popowski v. Parrott, No. 05-10235 (Aug. 24, 2006), popped back … Continue reading
Posted in Cafeteria Plans, Litigation, Plan Language
Leave a comment
Update to Clarian Health Charging EEs for Unhealthy Practices
Back in August, I wrote about the announcement by Clarian Health that they would be charging employees for unhealthy practices, such as smoking. Daniel Lee, in an article in the Indianapolis Star, reports that Clarian Health has decided to change … Continue reading
Posted in Cafeteria Plans, Compensation
Leave a comment
9th Circuit Decides Plan Language Controls
The 9th Circuit provides a good reminder about carefully writing plan restatements in Shane v. Albertson’s Inc, No. 05-56319 (Oct. 15, 2007). Stacey Shane was employed by Albertson’s, and was a participant in Albertson’s Disability Plan, when she suffered a … Continue reading
Posted in Cafeteria Plans, Litigation
Leave a comment
Changes to Health Plans from 2005 to Present
The law firm of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner has put together a handy chart containing changes to Welfare and Health Plans from 2005 to October 2007, including the effective dates. [tags]Pension Protection Act, Thelen Reid, health plan, effective … Continue reading
Posted in Cafeteria Plans
Leave a comment
Proposed Regs on Cafeteria Plans
The IRS has issued the anticipated proposed regs on cafeteria plans, also known as 125 plans. As expected, these regulations withdraw proposed regulations issued in 1984, 1986, 1989, 1997 and 2000, and are intended as comprehensive regulations which replace the … Continue reading
Posted in Cafeteria Plans, IRS
Leave a comment
