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- 403(b)wise - Provides news and information on tax-sheltered annuity and custodial account ("403(b)") retirement programs of certain tax-exempt organizations, and public schools and universities.
www.403bwise.com
- Accident and Health Benefits - Internal Revenue Service - Discusses tax rules for employer-provided health insurance, disability plans, and other employee benefit plans providing accident or health benefits.
www.irs.gov/formspubs/display/0,,i1%3D50%26genericId%3D79376,00.html
- American Bar Association Joint Committee on Employee Benefits - coordinates the activities of the employee benefits committees of the sections on Business Law, Health Law, Labor and Employment Law, Real Property, Probate and Trust, Taxation, and Tort and Insurance Practice. Annually prepares lists of questions posed to various federal agencies by attorneys, and posts on the Web the answers of individuals at those agencies who are familiar with the subject area.
www.abanet.org/jceb
- American Benefits Council - Advocate for voluntary private employee benefits, based in Washington, DC, USA. Mission, members, issues, news, publications, and calendar.
www.americanbenefitscouncil.org
- American Savings Education Council - A coalition of government and industry institutions to encourage people to save for their retirement. Inlcudes the Ballpark Estimate, a one-page worksheet that helps an individual quickly identify approximately how much he or she needs to save for retirement.
www.asec.org
- AT&T Pension Class Action Suit - Information about the ERISA class action filed on behalf of AT&T employees affected by a cash balance pension plan conversion.
www.erisapensionclaims.com
- Benefits Alert - Employee benefits news and information on topics ranging from 401(k) and group health plans to health care continuation rights under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act ("COBRA") and Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") administration.
www.benefitsalert.com
- BENEFITS-L Internet Resource Document - Links by an economic professor to numerous legal and actuarial sites, classes, and mailing lists dealing with employee benefits; plan providers; and state government employee benefits.
www.mtsu.edu/~rlhannah/employee_benefits.html
- Cafeteria Plans - Internal Revenue Service - Discusses the tax rules governing a plan (sometimes called a premium conversion plan or a flexible benefits plan) that allows employees to choose to receive either cash or taxable benefits, or certain qualified benefits for which the law provides an exclusion from wages.
www.irs.gov/formspubs/display/0,,i1%3D50%26genericId%3D79381,00.html
- Calhoun Law Group, P.C. - Employee Benefits Legal Resource Site - Offering articles, speech outlines, regulations, message boards, and legal research links in both ERISA and tax aspects of employee benefit plans, including state, local federal, and tribal retirement systems.
www.benefitsattorney.com
- CNN Money: Retirement - Provides articles, calculators, and news dealing with retirement planning.
money.cnn.com/retirement
- Compensation, Benefits, & Rewards - Workforce - Provides guidance to human resources professionals on creating and operating employee benefit programs.
www.workforce.com/section/02
- Deferred Retirement Option ("DROP") Plans - National Association of State Retirement Administrators - Explains the legal and practical issues in adopting these plans, under which a member of a traditional final average pay defined benefit pension plan agrees to defer leaving employment on condition of being deemed to have retired for purposes of the plan. The pension benefits the individual would have received had he or she retired are then typically contributed to a separate account, which resembles a defined contribution plan.
www.nasra.org/current_topics.php?action=item&art=10
- Dependent Care Benefits - Internal Revenue Service - Discusses tax rules applicable to amounts an employer pays to either an employee or the employee's child care provider for the care of children or other qualifying persons while the employee works, care in a day-care facility provided or sponsored by an employer, and amounts placed into a flexible spending account under a salary reduction arrangement if the benefit provided is day care.
www.irs.gov/faqs/display/0,,i1%3D54%26genericId%3D15832,00.html
- Domestic Partner Benefits - Human Rights Campaign - Explains tax, insurance and other legal considerations in implementing benefits for domestic partners of employees.
www.hrc.org/worknet/dp
- Employer-Provided Educational Assistance - Internal Revenue Service - Discusses the situations in which employers can provide educational assistance to employees on a nontaxable basis.
www.irs.gov/faqs/display/0,,i1%3D54%26genericId%3D12984,00.html
- Federal Consumer Information Center - Full text versions of hundreds of U.S. Government publications, including numerous publications explaining employee legal rights under 401(k), pension, and health plans, from the General Services Administrations. View them for free or purchase printed copies online.
www.pueblo.gsa.gov
- Government Finance Officers Association Issue Brief - Retirement Policies - Legislative issues relating to retirement plans that are of concern to state and local government finance officers.
www.gfoa.org/flc/briefs/retirement.12.01.pdf
- Group-Term Life Insurance Coverage - Internal Revenue Service - Discusses the circumstances under which employer-provided group term life insurance will be nontaxable.
www.irs.gov/formspubs/display/0,,i1%3D50%26genericId%3D79367,00.html
- Internal Revenue Service - Retirement Plans - Provides links to Internal Revenue Service materials on pension and other retirement plans: defined benefit, profit sharing, 401(k), multiemployer, ESOPs, 403(b) annuities and custodial accounts, 457(b) plans, Simplified Employee Pensions ("SEPs"), SIMPLE retirement plans, individual retirement accounts and annuities ("IRAs") and ROTH IRAs.
www.irs.gov/ep
- International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans - Largest educational association serving the employee benefits and compensation industry provides news, books, conferences, and seminars, and is the source of the Certified Employee Benefits Specialist ("CEBS") designation.
www.ifebp.org
- Investment Center - Basic description of mutual funds, 401(k) plan rollovers, and Roth IRAs, along with consumer Information and nvestment resources.
www.mutual-funds-investing.com
- Legal Information - National Council of Public Employee Retirement System - Articles discuss the latest legal developments affecting state and local retirement systems.
www.ncpers.org/html/legal.html
- National Association of State Retirement Administrators - Federal Relations - News on legislative issues affecting state retirement systems.
www.nasra.org/fed_rel_fs.php
- National Conference of State Social Security Administrators - Information for federal, state, and local government agencies concerning Social Security coverage, tax policy and benefits for government employees. Includes information on the requirement that state and local employers must, among other things, provide a retirement plan meeting certain IRS requirements in order to avoid being subject to social security.
www.ncsssa.org
- National Council on Teacher Retirement ("NCTR") - Organization of state and local retirement systems that cover teachers provides resources on laws and legislation affecting teacher retirement.
www.nctr.org
- Nolo.com - Retirement and Elder Care - Legal information on 401 (k) plans and other retirement plans, Roth IRAs, assisted living, nursing homes, social security benefits, Medicare, Medicaid, Medigap, managed care, long-term healthcare, estate planning, health care directives and powers of attorney, and other retirement issues.
www.nolo.com/lawcenter/index.cfm/catid/84404409-3882-4800-81764383AA66993B
- Overview of Retirement Plans Available for the Small Business - Compares the features and availability of non-ERISA 403(b) plans, SEP/IRAs, SIMPLE plans (IRA), SIMPLE 401(k) plans, and 401(a) plans with 401(k) features.
www.the-begley-group.com/business/retire/retire.html
- Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA) - U.S. Department of Labor - Portion of the Department responsible for the regulation of pension and welfare benefit plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA").
www.dol.gov/dol/pwba
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation - Responsible for insuring certain benefits under private defined benefit pension plans. Also allows individuals to search for lost pensions.
www.pbgc.gov
- Pensions & Plans - Findlaw - Links to articles on pension and retirement law.
library.lp.findlaw.com/laboremployment_pensionsplans_1.html
- Plan Sponsors - Investor Responsiblity Research Center - Provides resources on corporate governance and social responsibility issues affecting trusts under employee benefit plans.
www.irrc.org/clientcategory/PlanSponsors.html
- Public Funds Corner - Search for legal, financial, and other information on state retirement systems and large retirement systems of local governments.
https://www.investorforce.com/publicfunds
- PublicPensions.net - Resource for the lay person on state and local retirement systems, from the president of the National Association of Public Pension Attorneys.
www.publicpensions.net
- PW Links - Resources related to the Employee Retirement Income Savings Act ("ERISA") and federal employment. Includes extensive information on the Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, the part of the Department of Labor responsible for enforcing ERISA.
pwweasel.home.att.net
- Retirement channel - Prairielaw.com - Legal information on retirement, geared to the lay person.
www.prairielaw.com/channels/channel.asp?channelId=28
- Robert D. Klausner, P.A. - Legal Update - Summaries of legal developments affecting retirement and benefit systems and related labor and employment relations matters.
www.robertdklausner.com/update.htm
- San Francisco Equal Benefits Ordinance Resource Materials - San Francisco Human Rights Commission - Includes compliance requirements, litigation challenges and available resources on the ordinance, which provides employee benefits right to domestic partners of employees of employers that have contracts with the city of San Francisco.
www.ci.sf.ca.us/sfhumanrights/compreso.htm
- Social Security Online - State and Local Government Employers - Social Security and Medicare coverage for state and local governments is unique because there are special coverage provisions for such entities under the Social Security Act. If such an employer is otherwise exempt from Social Security coverage, it will nevertheless in most instances have to pay Social Security taxes with respect to those employees not covered by an employer retirement plan. This guide by the Social Security Administration helps sort through the rules.
www.ssa.gov/slge
- Benefits Link - Peruse links to legal and other information concerning employee benefits and ERISA, updated on a daily basis. Provides copies of statutes, regulations, and administrative authorities. Includes resume and job postings, articles, message boards, press releases, and books.
www.benefitslink.com
- freeERISA.com - Free access to the most recent Form 5500s filed by private United States employers, and to information on public pension funds.
www.freeerisa.com
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