Reminder: Hurry! Opportunity for Possible Refund of FICA Taxes Ends Soon!
As noted in our blog entry on October 16, 2012, under the Sixth Circuit’s discussion in U.S. v. Quality Stores, severance payments made because of an employee’s involuntary separation resulting from a reduction-in-force or discontinuance of a plant or operation [...]
HIPAA v. the iPhone
HHS recently included on its website some helpful information regarding security of mobile devices in video format. While primarily directed at health care providers, the videos are still useful for health plan sponsors/administrators (and their business associates). (The way the [...]
Sixth Circuit Allows Reasonable Modifications of Retiree Health Benefits
On September 13, 2012, the Sixth Circuit in Reese v. CNH Am. LLC, 11-1359, 2012 WL 4009695 (6th Cir. Sept. 13, 2012) reiterated its 2009 ruling in the same case that an employer could unilaterally modify a retiree health plan, [...]
The End of Innocence: What to Do If You Didn’t Receive an ERISA 408(b)(2) Disclosure
Hopefully, you, the responsible plan fiduciary to an ERISA retirement plan, are happily ensconced in your office, reviewing thorough and compliant ERISA Section 408(b)(2) disclosures from the plan’s covered service providers. But what if you didn’t receive the disclosure, or [...]
401(k) Fee Litigation Update – What Tussey v. ABB Means for Plan Sponsors
At the end of last month, Judge Laughrey handed down her decision in Tussey v. ABB, Inc. (W.D. Mo., No. 2:06-CV-04305). In their simplest recitation, the facts of Tussey v. ABB are that ABB selected Fidelity to provide not only [...]
