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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 Qualification
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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One-time Irrevocable Elections and 401(a) Opt-in Plans
By Jeff Chang There appears to be some confusion among California municipalities about 401(a) opt-in plans use and an employee’s ability to make a one-time irrevocable election to make pre-tax contributions.
Tagged one-time irrevocable election, opt-in
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Ways to Correct Governmental Plan Problems
By Jeff Chang There are several tools that can be used to correct or fix governmental plan problems. First, some classification. Practically all the retirement plans we discuss are “tax-advantaged” in one form or another. However, within this group, there … Continue reading
Tagged EPCRS, plan checkup, SCP, VCP
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Do Not Apply AB 5 Too Broadly
By Jeff Chang Perhaps the biggest news coming out of California’s Legislature this year was the passage of Assembly Bill 5 – the new law that codifies the 2018 Dynamex case and which imposes a new test for determining employee or … Continue reading
Tagged AB 5, ABC Test, common-law test
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