Bush proposes taxing employer health benefits... Risks of health risk assessments... Retirement plans need to revise distribution notices... Senate bill would restrict SERPs, restoration plans... SEC issues e-proxy rules, pay disclosure guidance...
(Weekly Highlights,
29 Jan 2007)
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Final HIPAA nondiscrimination rules... When wellness programs violate laws... ERISA preempts MD 'fair share' law... Pension plans have window to fix excess lump sums... Senate panel OKs executive pay restrictions... Survey results on new SEC rules...
(Weekly Highlights,
22 Jan 2007)
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HIPAA security guidance for laptops... Get ready for HSA changes... More on Mass. health reform... IRS issues PPA 'grab bag'... SEC revises disclosure rules for stock awards... Minimum wage, Medicare Rx price negotiation bills pass House...
(Weekly Highlights,
16 Jan 2007)
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Democrats' fast-track agenda faces hurdles... HSA guidance urgently needed, Treasury told... New supplemental wage withholding duties... Google making employee stock options transferable... Minimum wage hike set for quick action in Congress...
(Weekly Highlights,
8 Jan 2007)
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State taxation of HSA contributions... IRS issues preliminary guidance on hybrid plans under PPA... Retirement plans must comply in good faith with new benefit statement requirements... Mercer revises templates for SEC disclosure tables...
(Weekly Highlights,
2 Jan 2007)
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HSA changes raise issues for employers... DC plans with liberal diversification rights exempt from year-end notice duty... IRS lifts cash balance moratorium... ISS voting policies for 2007... SEC revises pay disclosure rules...
(Weekly Highlights,
26 Dec 2006)
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HSA changes to become law... FSA, HRA debit card rules eased... HIPAA nondiscrimination rules... 2006 retirement plan changes... Court faults cash balance plan... Pension annuitants win demutualization proceeds... Form 5500 fixes... What's in, out under new SEC rules...
(Weekly Highlights,
18 Dec 2006)
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Tax bill buoying HSAs, other benefits wins passage... IRS offers diversification relief to DC plans... PPA changes to 2008 Form 5500 proposed... FASB illustrates FAS 158 accounting for retirement plans... SEC strikes proxy access from agenda...
(Weekly Highlights,
11 Dec 2006)
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DOL guidance on applying ERISA to HSAs... IRS issues 409A reporting relief, clarifies stock diversification rules for DC plans... 2007 PBGC retirement rate category table... Accounting for section 162(m) 'negative discretion' in share plans...
(Weekly Highlights,
4 Dec 2006)
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HSAs here to stay, but legislative changes may have to wait... 2007 IRS, PBGC, Social Security, and Medicare amounts... Compliance highlights for health and welfare plans... Guidance on PPA relief for airlines... Improving plan performance...
(Weekly Highlights,
27 Nov 2006)
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Weekly Highlights is a weekly compilation of major judicial, regulatory, and legislative developments affecting retirement, health, compensation, employment, and other HR programs. Each issue includes summaries of all GRIST articles published during the prior week, as well as summaries of WRG-authored news items, alerts, and other articles. The WRG publishes Weekly Highlights to Mercer Select and distributes it by e-mail every Monday.
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