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What CA Employers Should Include in an Employee Handbook

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There are many benefits to an employee handbook. It can be a resource for employees in learning about company policies, benefits, and conduct that the business expects. A California employee handbook can also prevent miscommunication and serve as an employer defense if an employee complaint lands in court.

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How to Successfully Engage Employees in 2017

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As more and more millennials come of working age, it’s becoming increasingly important for companies to prominently exhibit their corporate social responsibility policies on either their website or their employee handbooks—in part because CSR is proving to be increasingly vital to attracting and retaining quality employees.

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IRS Raises Several Annual Retirement Plan Limits for 2019

HR Daily Advisor

Notice 2018-83 outlined the latest changes to cost-of-living adjustments for various statutory dollar amounts relevant to employee benefit plans. The limits affect maximum contribution levels (see ¶241 in The 401(k) Handbook for more information). The compensation amount under Section 1.61-21(f)(5)(iii) Retirement P lans.

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Don’t Let Your Data or Participants Get Lost in Space

HR Daily Advisor

The possibility of cyberdata sabotage is now a day-to-day threat that frequently makes the headlines—and employee benefit plans are not spared exposure to data sabotage. Employee benefit plan administration has become an outsourced commodity. If not, then add this to the top of your priority list for 2017.

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Plan Sponsors Must Now Analyze 401(k) Plan Administration (Part 1)

HR Daily Advisor

When the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was signed into law December 22, 2017, several proposed changes to the federal tax code that would have affected tax-qualified retirement plans were dropped. Castleton is counsel with Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton’s Employee Benefits Practice in the firm’s Washington, D.C.,

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The Onboarding Documents You Need to Collect and Keep

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Employees might want to change their withholdings for a number of reasons, such as an employee bonus, a change in family size, or a change in tax law. For example, the IRS withholding tables changed significantly after the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Employee handbook signature page. FMLA records.

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Court Supports Plans’ Freedom to Craft Own Process for Beneficiary Designations

HR Daily Advisor

May 3, 2017). Castleton is senior counsel with Proskauer’s Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation & ERISA Litigation Practice Center in the firm’s Washington, D.C., He is a contributing editor of The 401(k) Plan Handbook , and formerly was contributing editor of the Guide to Assigning & Loaning Benefit Plan Money.