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Welcome to the Snell & Wilmer Benefits Blog. We will be posting about current employee benefits and executive compensation topics and issues. We invite you to contact the authors with your thoughts or questions.Blog Contributors
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The SECURE Act – A Primer on the Top Six SECURE Act Changes that could be coming to Retirement Plans Next Year
The SECURE Act (the “Act”) passed the House with bipartisan support and is on its way to the Senate with predictions that it could end up on the President’s desk by the end of the year. Here are some highlights … Continue reading
Posted in Employee Benefits
| Tagged ACT, House, MEP, PEP, SECURE, SECURE ACT, Senate, withdrawal
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Open Enrollment Looms and ACA Changes are Uncertain – What are Employers to Do?
On the morning of July 28, 2017, another effort to repeal or replace the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) failed in a 49-51 Senate vote when three Republican senators voted against the bill. Attempts to pass even a trimmed down “skinny” … Continue reading
Posted in Employee Benefits, Health & Welfare Plans, Health Care Reform
| Tagged 4980H, ACA, enrollment, health care reform, Mental Health Parity, MHPAEA, open enrollment, repeal, SBC, Senate, summary of benefits and coverage, template, wellness
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“Creating Hope and Opportunity for Investors, Consumers and Entrepreneurs” – House Passes Financial Reform Bill
On June 8, the House of Representatives passed the Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 in a bid to reform the financial regulatory system created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The bill, which passed the chamber … Continue reading
Posted in Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation
| Tagged bill, choice, clawback, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, corporate governance, Executive Compensation, Financial Choice act, House, Say on Pay, Senate, Volcker Rule
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Five Lawsuits Filed Against DOL’s Fiduciary Rule (so far)
As we previously discussed in our May 19, 2016 SW Benefits Update, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently issued final regulations on fiduciary conflicts of interest in retirement programs. Since 2010 when the DOL first proposed regulations addressing self-interested advice … Continue reading
Posted in Employee Benefits, Qualified Retirement Plans
| Tagged Benefits Update, conflict of interest, Congress, Department of Labor, DOL, fiduciary, fiduciary rule, final regulations, Obama, President Obama, regulations, Senate, veto
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