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The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. via National Council on Teacher Retirement
July 18, 2011
A July 12 issue brief from the National Association of State Retirement Administrators and the National Council on Teacher Retirement said that underlying assumptions made by academic researchers in a recent paper about public pension plans differ considerably from the assumptions actually used by such funds.
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The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. via Paul Hastings LLP
Aug. 25, 2011
What is 'garden leave'? A 'garden leave' provision generally takes the form of a 'notice' period -- designated in weeks or months -- during which a terminating employee is paid to remain at home and out of work (tending to the garden), but to be 'on call' to his or her former employer for as-needed transitional services.
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The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. via Kraw & Kraw
June 7, 2011
Significant reforms are necessary to avoid further harm to the agency's insurance programs. Among the needed changes are improvements in PBGC governance, expanded authority to set insurance premium rates and guaranteed pension benefits, and greater flexibility in selecting investments. Governance reform is a necessary first step, but the other changes must follow quickly.
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The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. via Ballard Spahr LLP
Feb. 23, 2011
Because of the limited ability to avoid the separate say-on-parachutes vote by providing the Item 402(t) disclosure in a proxy statement that provides a say-on-pay vote, not many companies are expected to include thegolden parachute compensation disclosure in annual meeting proxy statements.
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The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. via Alston & Bird LLP
Jan. 7, 2011
4 pages. Excerpt: [I]n order to ensure benefit payments, tax code Section 430(j) (previously Section 412) contains a liquidity shortfall contribution requirement. The liquidity shortfall is supposed to be measured at the end of every quarter, and if there is a shortfall, a contribution must be made within 15 days to make it up. However, there are numerous problems with the liquidity shortfall contribution.
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The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
Oct. 13, 2011
Providers at the forefront of adopting electronic health record systems and receiving incentive payments for the 'meaningful use' of EHRs have found successes in attesting to required EHR capabilities, but challenges remain, according to testimony submitted Oct. 5-6 to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology's meaningful use workgroup.
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Tax Management Compensation Planning Journal via Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo P.C.
Sept. 12, 2005
19 pages. Excerpt: This article recently published by the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. in the September 2005 issue of its Tax Management Compensation [Planning] Journal discusses the impact of this new law on tax-exempt employers such as colleges and universities, independent schools, hospitals, and cultural institutions, among others. The article was written by Alden Bianchi, who is the practice group leader of the Firm's employee benefits and executive compensation practice.
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The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. via Kraw & Kraw
Dec. 8, 2011
"[Plan sponsors, both governments and companies, face financial obligations to retirement programs] they do not have the wherewithalto meet. Steps taken to address the crisis will worsen the financial condition of pension plans worldwide. On top of this, pension plans on both continents operate under restrictive regulatory regimes that provideinsufficient flexibility for the plans themselves to address the current difficulties they are facing."
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The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. via Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Apr. 11, 2011
We have developed 16 questions (and answers) that reflect where we are now and what we believe employers need to know to prepare for the possible changes to benefits and compensation yet to come during the remainder of the Obama administration.
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The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. via Pension Rights Center
Sept. 29, 2011
Effective Sept. 26, IRS will not issue rulings that a qualified tax code Section 401(a), 403(a), or 403(b) plan is a church plan unless the new notice requirement has been satisfied, according to IRS Revenue Procedure2011-44.
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