Morgan Lewis

Hot Topics in Employee Benefits – What We’re Seeing

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    06/27/2012

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On June 27, 2012, Morgan Lewis's Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice presented its first installment of our "Hot Topics in Employee Benefits - What We're Seeing" webinar series, which featured updates on hot topics or trends you should be following. This webinar brought together important employee benefits and executive compensation developments.

Health and welfare

  • Supreme Court decision in Affordable Care Act case HHS v. Florida

Plan sponsor responsibilities

  • Ford's recent lump-sum window for retirees
  • Benefit restrictions and their effect on plan corrections

Fiduciary responsibilities

  • What to do with service provider fee disclosures
  • Getting ready for participant fee disclosures

Executive compensation

  • Year-end deadline for section 409A compliance-payments subject to release
  • 2012 income acceleration in anticipation of 2013 "Taxmageddon"

Independent contractors

  • Impact on benefits and payroll taxes
  • Methods to reduce financial exposure to IRS audits and worker challenges

ESOPs

  • Tax planning for corporations and business owners in the upcoming year using ESOPs