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Do We Have to Make It a Top Hat Plan?
Verrill Dana LLP Link to more items from this source
July 14, 2025

"[T]here are some plans written as top hat plans, including retention incentive plans and long-term incentive plans, that do not need to be top hat plans. In other words, some employers, perhaps guided by overly conservative advice, needlessly refrain from offering plans with a deferral element to personnel who do not belong to a select group of management or highly compensated employees."  MORE >>

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