FYI

2008

11/18/08 Recent Developments Affect Puerto Rico Retirement Plans
11/17/08 Governmental Plans May Delay Filing Until Cycle E
11/17/08 IRS Issues Final Regulations on Reporting Requirement for Employer-Owned Life Insurance
11/07/08 DOL Issues Final Regulations on the Selection of Annuity Providers for Individual Account Plans
10/30/08 IRS Proposes Guidance on Notices of Failure to Defer Distributions
10/24/08 Massachusetts Finalizes Guidance on Minimum Creditable Coverage Requirements
10/24/08 New Bicycle Commuter Benefit in Bailout Bill
10/20/08 Executive Compensation under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
10/20/08 Ninth Circuit Rules Cash Balance Plans Do Not Discriminate Against Older Workers
10/20/08 IRS Gives Governmental Plans More Time to Comply With Regulations on Normal Retirement Age
10/16/08 IRS Announces Key Benefit Plan Limits for 2009
10/16/08 Social Security Benefits to Increase 5.8% in 2009
10/15/08 New Law Requires Dependent Health Continuation During Medical Leave from College
10/9/08 Financial Bailout Gives Life to Mental Health Parity Law
10/9/08 CMS Guidance On Health Plan Reporting Requirement
10/9/08 Massachusetts Tightens Employer Fair Share Contribution Testing and Filing Requirements
10/6/08 Final Form 990 for Tax-Exempt Organizations Requires Extensive Reporting of Executive Compensation
10/6/08 IRS Issues Guidance on FSA Distributions under the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act
10/1/08 DOL Releases Proposed Regulations on Participant Investment Advice
9/22/08 Key 2009 Medicare Values Announced
9/19/08 IRS Provides Guidance on Reporting Requirements for Statutory Stock Options and Updates ESPP Regulations
9/17/08 Reminder: Deadline for Medicare Part D Creditable Coverage Notices Approaches
9/5/08 SEC Proposes Roadmap for U.S. Companies to Adopt International Accounting Standards
9/3/08 San Francisco Will Require Employers to Offer Transportation Benefits
8/28/08 Buck Comments to Massachusetts Connector on Minimum Creditable Coverage Requirements
8/21/08 DOL Proposes Participant Disclosure Regulations for Defined Contribution Plans
8/7/08 Same-Sex Marriage Issues Complicate Employee Benefit
8/7/08 IRS Issues Final Regulations on Mortality Tables Under PPA
8/7/08 Medicare Law Will Impact Private Fee-For-Service Plans
8/4/08 Massachusetts Provides Revised Guidance on Minimum Creditable Coverage Requirements
7/30/08 IRS Issues Guidance on 2006 HSA Changes, General HSA Issues and Excise Tax Returns
7/16/08 Supreme Court ADEA Cases Address Disability Pension Provision and Downsizing
7/7/08 Conflict of Interest Must Be Considered a Factor in Claims Denial Cases
7/7/08 IRS Proposed Regulations Would Encourage Generosity in Cash Balance Conversions
6/19/08 CMS Issues Additional Guidance on Rebate Adjustments for the RDS Program
6/18/08 New Military Law Impacts Treatment of Wages and Benefits
6/3/08 FICA Treatment of Severance Pay Clarified
5/27/08 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act Is Signed
5/19/08 FASB Proposes Additional Asset Disclosures for Pension Plans
5/19/08 Washington State Expands Employee Leave Entitlements
5/19/08 IRS Opens Compliance and Enforcement Initiative for Government Plans
5/13/08 2009 HSA/HDHP Limits Released
5/13/08 PBGC Issues Final Regulations on Variable Rate Premiums Under PPA
5/8/08 CMS Final Medicare Part D Regulations Affect Retiree Drug Subsidy
5/5/08 New Jersey Enacts Paid Family Leave Law
4/25/08 IRS Finalizes Regulations on Employer Comparable Contributions to HSAs
4/24/08 DOD Proposed Regulations Prohibit Employer TRICARE Incentives
4/24/08 CMS Releases 2009 Medicare Part D Benefit Parameters
4/22/08 Deadline Nears for Required Quarterly Employer Health Care Expenditure Under San Francisco Health Mandate
4/18/08 IRS Provides Guidance on 204(h) Notices After PPA
4/18/08 Buck Comments to IRS on Proposed Hybrid Pension Plan Regulations
4/15/08 IRS, DOL and PBGC Propose Guidance on PPA Changes for Multiemployer Plans
4/2/08 Buck Comments on Proposed Guidance on the Measurement of Assets and Liabilities for Pension Funding Purposes
4/2/08 New Jersey Plant Closing Law More Onerous Than Federal WARN
3/28/08 DOL Proposes Revised Family and Medical Leave Act Regulations
3/25/08 CMS Announces Three-Month Delay in Filing Deadline for Final RDS Reconciliation
3/19/08 U.S. Supreme Court Permits Fiduciary Breach Claims for Participant Account Losses
3/19/08 DOL Proposes Amendments to Plan Asset Regulations, Including Safe Harbor for Small Plans
3/17/08 PBGC Proposed Regulations on Reporting for Underfunded Plans
3/17/08 IRS Issues Guidance on Distribution-Related Provisions of PPA
3/12/08 DOL Provides HIPAA Compliance Checklist for Wellness Programs
3/12/08 State Law Prohibiting Automatic Withholding for Medical Plan Contributions is Preempted by ERISA
3/6/08 IRS Confirms Position That Certain Incentive Awards Are Not Performance-Based
2/27/08 DOL Issues Guidance on Fiduciary Responsibility for Collection of Delinquent Plan Contributions
2/13/08 Third Determination Letter Filing Period Opens for Individually Designed Plans
2/13/08 IRS Provides Limited Section 409A Correction Program
2/8/08 IRS Provides Relief on Backloading Rules for Cash Balance Plans
2/7/08 IRS Reverses Position on Whether Certain Incentive Awards are
Performance-Based
2/7/08 San Francisco Delays Employer Health Mandate Reporting Deadlines
1/31/08 IRS Proposes Diversification Rules for Defined Contribution Plans Holding Publicly Traded Employer Securities
1/31/08 Family and Medical Leave Act Expanded
1/24/08 Ninth Circuit Allows San Francisco to Impose Employer Health Mandate
1/15/08 IRS Issues Proposed Regulations on Hybrid Plans
1/15/08 EEOC Issues Final Regulations Allowing Retiree Health Care Plan Coordination With Medicare
1/11/08 IRS Issues Guidance on PPA Funding Rules for Single-Employer Defined
Benefit Plans
1/11/08 IRS Information Statement Requirement Waived for 2007 Stock Transfers
Under Statutory Option Plans
1/8/08 Deadline Nears for Submission of Creditable Coverage Disclosures to CMS
1/8/08 Massachusetts Provides Guidance on Form 1099-HC for Proof of Coverage
1/3/08 DOL Proposes Regulations Requiring Fee Disclosures to Plan Fiduciaries
 

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