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Prior Posts
- Tightening Budgets, Layoffs and Ongoing Labor Negotiations Highlight the Value of Retiree Health Reimbursement Arrangements
- Public Agency Retirement Plan Documents: Are They Properly Signed and Dated?
- CARES Act Authorizes Limited Employer Repayment of Student Loans
- COVID-19 Pandemic May Force Some Cities to Reset Employee Benefits
- Public Agency Furloughs & Distributions from Retirement Plans During COVID-19
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Category Archives: Plan Administration
Public Agency Retirement Plan Documents: Are They Properly Signed and Dated?
By Jeff Chang Based on numerous requests for plan documents from public agency clients, we know that many cannot find complete sets of their historical and current retirement plan documents that are properly authorized, signed and dated. If this sounds … Continue reading
Tagged plan document retention, timely adoption, timely execution
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Public Agency Furloughs & Distributions from Retirement Plans During COVID-19
By Jeff Chang As many California public agencies are forced to furlough employees during the COVID-19 pandemic, questions arise as to how furloughs are treated for retirement plan distribution rules’ purposes.
Tagged distributable event, furlough, severance from employment
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Using 457(b) Unforeseeable Emergency Distributions During the Coronavirus Crisis
By Jeff Chang During the Coronavirus emergency, it may make sense for state and local governments that sponsor 457(b) plans to allow their employees to access the monies in their accounts as unforeseeable emergency distributions. Not all governmental 457(b) plans … Continue reading
Tagged 457 hardship, Coronavirus, distributions, unforeseeable emergency
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