Chapter 10 Planning Employee Benefits
Index
- Section 10.1 Introduction
- Section 10.2 Compliance: General Thoughts
- Section 10.3 Predominant Regulatory Scheme: Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)
- Section 10.4 Pension Benefit Plan
- Section 10.5 Welfare Benefit Plan
- Section 10.6 Federal Preemption
- Section 10.7 Basic Retirement Plans
- Section 10.8 Section 401(k) Plans
- Section 10.9 Life Cycle of a Qualified Retirement Plan
- Section 10.10 Conception
- Section 10.11 Goals and Objectives for the Plan
- Section 10.12 Tax Advantages
- Section 10.13 Cost
- Section 10.14 Funding Methods
- Section 10.15 Plan Design
- Section 10.16 Key Positions
- Section 10.17 Implementation
- Section 10.18 Plan Documents
- Section 10.19 Individually Designed Plan
- Section 10.20 Form Plans
- Section 10.21 Corporate Action
- Section 10.22 Internal Revenue Service Determination Letter
- Section 10.23 Communication With Employees
- Section 10.24 Notice to Interested Parties
- Section 10.25 Summary Plan Description (SPD)
- Section 10.26 Summary of Material Modification (SMM)
- Section 10.27 Maintenance and Administration
- Section 10.28 Advisory Committee Meetings
- Section 10.29 Hours of Service Record
- Section 10.30 Annual Allocations, Adjustment of Accounts, and Distributions
- Section 10.31 Reporting and Disclosure
- Section 10.32 Annual Report (Form 5500 Series)
- Section 10.33 Summary Annual Report (SAR)
- Section 10.34 Benefit Statements
- Section 10.35 Claims
- Section 10.36 Bonding
- Section 10.37 Assignment or Alienation of Benefits and Qualified Domestic Relations Orders
- Section 10.38 Fiduciary Liability
- Section 10.39 Designation of Beneficiary
- Section 10.40 Withholding
- Section 10.41 Release and Receipt Upon Payment
- Section 10.42 Amendments
- Section 10.43 Correction of Operational Errors
- Section 10.44 Employer Self-Audit
- Section 10.45 New Technologies (Electronic) in Plan Administration
- Section 10.46 Termination
- Section 10.47 Justification
- Section 10.48 Partial Termination
- Section 10.49 Internal Revenue Service/Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Approvals
- Section 10.50 Plan Amendments
- Section 10.51 Communicating With Employees
- Section 10.52 Missing Participants
- Section 10.53 Reporting and Disclosure
- Section 10.54 Stock Bonus Plan
- Section 10.55 Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- Section 10.56 Tax Credit Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- Section 10.57 Single Employer, Multiemployer, and Multiple Employer Plans
- Section 10.58 Defined Benefit Plans
- Section 10.59 Flat Benefit
- Section 10.60 Unit Benefit
- Section 10.61 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) or Pension Escalator
- Section 10.62 Target Benefit
- Section 10.63 Money-Purchase Plans
- Section 10.64 Hybrid Plans: “Feeder” and “Floor” Plans
- Section 10.65 Withdrawal From Multiemployer Plan
- Section 10.66 Allocation of Surplus Assets
- Section 10.67 Cash Balance Plan
- Section 10.68 Noncorporate and Other Plans
- Section 10.69 Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs)
- Section 10.70 Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) Plans
- Section 10.71 Savings Incentive Match Plans for Employees (SIMPLE)
- Section 10.72 Section 403(b) Plans
- Section 10.73 Section 457 Plans
- Section 10.74 Loans From Plan to Participants
- Section 10.75 Top-Heavy Status
- Section 10.76 Bad Boy Clauses
- Section 10.77 Audits (Internal Revenue Service and/or Department of Labor)
- Section 10.78 Prohibited Transactions
- Section 10.79 Taxes on Exempt Trusts
- Section 10.80 Unemployment Insurance
- Section 10.81 Bankruptcy
- Section 10.82 Mergers and Acquisitions
- Section 10.83 Worker Classification as “Employee” or “Independent Contractor”
- Section 10.84 State Trust Law
- Section 10.85 Federal Securities Laws
- Section 10.86 State Securities Laws
- Section 10.87 Labor Laws
- Section 10.88 Civil Rights Laws
- Section 10.89 ERISA Enforcement
- Section 10.90 Basic Welfare Benefit Plans
- Section 10.91 Basic Health Insurance Plan
- Section 10.92 Coverage
- Section 10.93 Funding
- Section 10.94 Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
- Section 10.95 Cafeteria Plan
- Section 10.96 Group Life Insurance Plan
- Section 10.97 Disability Income Plan
- Section 10.98 Retired Lives Reserve Plan
- Section 10.99 Day Care Plan
- Section 10.100 Adoption Assistance Program