The BenefitsLink Newsletter

January 7, 2000



What's New - Top Stories

Pension Plans
IRS Notice 2000-3: Additional 401(k) Safe Harbor Plan GuidanceInternal Revenue Service[More like this]
Thrift Savings Plan Is Built for Long-Term InvestmentWashington Post[More like this]
United Way Must Provide Aramony With Full Pension - Missing "Bad Boy" ClauseAssociated Press via Yahoo! News[More like this]
Pension Fund Manager Alan Bond Pleads Not Guiltynews.excite.com[More like this]
Amicus Brief Filed by APPWB in Bellas vs. CBS Anti-Cutback CaseAssociation of Private Pension and Welfare Plans[More like this]
IRS Supplemental Guidance On Safe Harbor 401(k) PlanscybERISA.com[More like this]
SEC Urged to Allow IBM Shareholders' Proposal About Cash Balance Plan Conversionnews.excite.com[More like this]
Bail Out at 55?Kiplinger's Personal Finance[More like this]
IRS Requests Comments On Form 5310Internal Revenue Service[More like this]
IRS Provides Penalty Relief For Y2K-Related Tax ProblemsCCH, 1/7/2000 only[More like this]
DOL: Gains From Exercise Of Employee Stock Options Must Be Counted As Compensation in Computing Overtime PayNational Center for Employee Ownership[More like this]
Health and Welfare Plans
Arguments Never End Over Kaiser HMO Claims Arbitration RequirementLos Angeles Times[More like this]
HMOs Dismisses Lawsuit Asserting an Obligation to Disclose Physician Incentive Paymentsinsure.com[More like this]
Time critical to future of ailing Harvard Pilgrim HMOBoston Globe[More like this]
Maryland Orders HMO to Pay "Downstream" Claimsnews.excite.com[More like this]
N.J. Health Insurers Offer a Laudable Model For Covering Some Costs of Cancer Clinical TrialsSan Francisco Chronicle[More like this]



New (to Us) Links We Like

Stop Loss 101: Basics of Self-Insuring Health PlansThe Hartford[More like this]
Policy Debate: Is there a need for health-care reform?South-Western College Publishing[More like this]



Newly Listed in BenefitsLink's Employee Benefits Speakers Database

Kirwin, Martha View bioMcKay Hochman Co., Inc.NJ
Kates, CarolynView bioLong Term Care LinkCA
Schanes, Ph.D., Steven E.View bioSchanes AssociatesCA
Brenner, DanView bioself employedIL
Pratt, DavidView bioAlbany Law SchoolNY
Marriott, PeterView bioSynovus Financial CorporationGA
Ludwig, GeorgeView bioIndiana Actuarial ConsultingIN
Slavin, TimView bioInvestLink Technologies, LLCNY
Prussack, RhondaView bioAmerican International Group (AIG)NJ


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