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• 9/28: Benefits Advantage software organizes and automates benefits and human resources administration for organizations of all sizes!
• 9/25: Kewl! Brian Croft's Guide to Technology, Communications & Human Resources BenefitsLink says check it out.
• 9/25: Does your company sponsor an ESOP? Thinking about it? A must-visit site is the National Center for Employee Ownership. Some highlights:
  • National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) home page
  • Columns on ESOP and 401(k) law, plan administration, and related matters, including
    • David Johanson's ESOP Forum
    • Anthony Mathews's Administrator's Notebook
    • Corey Rosen's Employee Ownership Update
    • Malon Wilkus's Employee Ownership in America
  • Online ESOP Training - an interactive ESOP quiz, graded on the spot. Get enough answers right and advance to Level Two!
  • Online ESOP/Employee Ownership Library - dozens of articles, including:
    • Selling Stock in a Closely Held Business to an ESOP by David Johanson
    • Stock Options, Phantom Stock, and Other Non-ESOP Equity Incentive Plans by David Johanson.
    • Combining ESOPs and 401(k) Plans by Corey Rosen
    • The Rights of ESOP Participants by Corey Rosen
  • Selected publications on ESOPs and related topics
  • NCEO events (ESOP workshops, etc.)
• 9/23: IRS issues proposed regulations on September 19 on the qualification of retirement plans that accept rollover contributions. Acceptance of rollover contributions in various described circumstances will not affect a plan's qualification under Code sections 401(a) or 403(a), even if the rollover turns out to be "bad."
• 9/23: From W F Corroon: Interactive Voice Response Systems, an excellent brief article about what, why and how.

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