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- They’re Yours, They’re Mine or They’re on Their Own: More On Employee vs. Independent Contractor
- Yours, Mine, Ours: Are the Individuals Working for You Your Employees?
- How Is Liability-driven Investing Different?
- Avoid Big Surprises After You Retire – Like a Major Reduction of Your Social Security
- When It Comes to Funding Pension and/or OPEB Liabilities, Not All Section 115 Trusts are Created Equal
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Category Archives: Plan Qualification
They’re Yours, They’re Mine or They’re on Their Own: More On Employee vs. Independent Contractor
Previously, in Yours, Mine or Ours?, we examined the basics of “who” your employees are for employee benefits purposes. We also discussed some of the adverse tax and business consequences that can befall employers who either don’t understand who their … Continue reading
Yours, Mine, Ours: Are the Individuals Working for You Your Employees?
As the name suggests, “employee benefit plans” are for employees. However, in today’s increasingly outsourced economy, it is not always easy to figure out which of your workers are your employees for benefit purposes. A proliferation of staff-leasing, executive-leasing and … Continue reading
Tagged Common law employees, Twenty-factors test
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Watch Out For What Your Plans Say – Or Don’t Say – About Transfers
Most of the special districts and municipalities we represent have numerous collective bargaining units, and many have multiple service locations and facilities. While advising these entities on their retirement and welfare benefits, we’ve come to realize that their retirement plans … Continue reading
Tagged eligible positions, employee transfers, excluded employees, excluded positions, transfers, union transfers
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