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The Gig Economy: Distraction from a Real Problem or Disruption to the System?

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In fact, a recent study showed the number of Americans benefiting from alternative work arrangements rose by nearly 10 million between 2005 and 2015. Nor can they invest in retirement and/or health care benefits for their families, nor help their kids with the costs of higher education. And while the U.S. Are We All Doomed?

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401(k) 101: A Benefit for Employers and Employees Alike

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Since 401(k) retirement savings plans first appeared in the early 1980s, they have grown rapidly. To allow employees to supplement their future retirement income. To provide a highly mobile work force with a suitable way to save for retirement. Today, they are one of the most popular and widespread employee benefits.

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More on Managing Employee Status Changes Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)

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We have an employee who retired on August 31, 2016. 1H and 2C and then the dollar amount of the insurance premium the retired employee will pay? Jennifer Carsen, JD, is a Senior Legal Editor for BLR’s human resources and employment law publications, focusing on benefits compliance. Before joining CER in 2005, Ms.

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U.S. Supreme Court: ‘Church Plan’ Need Not Be Established by a Church to Qualify for ERISA Exemption

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The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) generally requires private employers offering pension plans to adhere to a lengthy list of rules designed to ensure plan solvency and protect plan participants. Before joining CER in 2005, Ms. Church plans, however, are exempt from those requirements.

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Good (Nontaxable) Things Come in Small Packages: The De Minimis Fringe Benefit Rule

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Thus, for example, if an employer provides occasional holiday gifts, retirement parties, or occasional tickets to sporting events only to high-paid employees, the value of these benefits can still be excludible from the employees’ gross income as de minimis fringe benefits. Before joining CER in 2005, Ms.

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Disability Discrimination: Terminated Cancer Survivor’s ADA Claim Fails, Part 1

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In 2005, she took the position of senior patient services specialist and again communicated her disability to her hiring supervisor. From roughly 2005 to 2008, she often took medical leave for medical appointments. While she was on leave, Kristy retired and was replaced by “Tiffany.”. Willow appealed to the 8 th circuit.

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Was Inconsistent Treatment of Asian USPS Worker Discrimination?

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The white male workers she cited had been found repeatedly sleeping on the job as far back as the mid-1980s and continued to be caught sleeping from time to time right up until their retirement in 2005 and 2007. and an editor of Massachusetts Employment Law Letter. appeared first on HR Daily Advisor.