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December 5, 2003 - 8,712 subscribers
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Health Savings Account Can Be Tax Shelter
Excerpt: "A potentially lucrative tax shelter becomes available to the masses next month, courtesy of the Medicare act Congress just passed. In IRA-like fashion, investors soon can build tax-sheltered nest eggs to cover out-of-pocket medical costs." (USA Today)
Ford Exec Gets New Task: Solve National Health Care Crisis
Excerpt: "Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Bill Ford is so alarmed soaring hospital and doctor bills are destroying U.S. jobs that he has assigned one of his top executives, Vice Chairman Allan Gilmour, to craft a proposal for fixing the nation's health care system. Ford and Gilmour would then take the idea to other companies, unions and ultimately, to public officials in Washington, D.C." (Detroit Free Press)
Legal Battles Over 'Contraceptive Equity'
Excerpt: "For many women, it began as a simple question of gender equity. But it's evolved into a constitutional standoff over religious freedom that could go all the way to the Supreme Court. The issue is whether health-insurance plans that provide pr*scription-drug coverage must also include coverage for pr*scription contraceptives." (Christian Science Monitor via FindLaw.com)
Links to Items on Executive Comp, Benefits in General
IRS Auditing Executive Comp Practices Among Large Companies
Excerpt: "The Internal Revenue Service is auditing two dozen companies to make sure they followed the rules for compensating executives, scrutinizing corporate perks such as stock options and the use of private jets and luxury apartments." (AP via SFGate.com)
DOL: Benefits Account for Nearly 30% of Total Pay Costs
Excerpt: "Benefit costs for civilian workers accounted for 28.6% ($6.97) of the average $24.48 per hour employers spent on employee compensation during the third quarter this year, a 0.7% increase over the same period last year ..." (BenefitNews.com)
Newly Posted Events
Form 1099-R More Complex Than It Looks
Nationwide on January 8, 2004
presented by SunGard Corbel
ERISA's Fiduciary Requirements in Today's Investment Turmoil: The Enron Decision and Mutual Fund Misconduct -- A 90-Minute Interactive Audio Conference
Nationwide on December 12, 2003
presented by Thompson Publishing Group
Newly Posted Press Releases
Fiduciary Responsibility at the Top of Employers Concerns Today
(401khelpcenter.com, LLC)
Newly Posted or Renewed Job Openings
Institutional/401(k) Business Development Strategist
for Bank of America
in NC
Plan Administrator
for Retirement Plan Specialists, Inc.
in FL
Director of Benefits and Compensation
for PRG-Schultz
in GA
Compensation Analyst
for PRG-Schultz
in GA
401(k)/Pension Administrator
for East Bay Third Party Administration
in CA
Retirement Consultant
for Lincoln Financial Group
in AZ, CA, CO, KS, NE, NM, OR, WA
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