EMPLOYEE BENEFITS COMMITTEE MEETING HANDOUTS

2012-2013 Handouts

Monday, April 8, 2013

• The Final Omibus HIPAA/HITECH Act Privacy and Security Regulations in a Nutshell

Monday, March 11, 2013

• Chart of Significant Changes to EPCRS

Monday, January 14, 2013

• Shared Responsibility for Employers Regarding Health Coverage Internal Revenue Code Section 4980H Proposed Regulations

Monday, November 12, 2012

• Update from ASPAA Annual Meeting - please contact Katie Tillinger to receive handouts - membership@ocba.org or 248-334-3400. 

Monday, October 8, 2012

• Equity Compensation Developments

2011-2012 Handouts

• Proposed Enforcement and Reporting Requirements for Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements (MEWAs)
• Summary of Origins of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA")
• Using the IRS Voluntary Classification Settlement Program Under Announcement 2011-64 to Address Worker Misclassification
• Constitutionality of the ACA - Overview and Predictions
• Overview of Employee Fringe Benefits
• Excise Tax Reporting for Cobra Vioations and Other Group Health Plan Compliance Failures
• EPCRS Revisited- Acceptable SCP and VCP Corrections not covered in Rev. Proc. 2008-50
• 409A Issues Lurking Just Around the Corner 
• Successor Liability For Benefits In Asset Purchases

2010-2011 Handouts

• Highlights from the ABA's Annual Tax Section Meeting
• Fiduciary Status Revisted & Revised: Proposed Fiduciary Definition Regulations- What's changed since 1975
• Health Plan Non-Discrimination Rules
• Fee Disclosure Rules
• The Final and Proposed Hybrid Plan Regulations
• Inherited IRAs
• Notice of Proposed Rule Making to Modify the Privacy Rule, the Security Standards and the Enforcement Rule

2009-2010 Handouts

• Regulations Promulgated Under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008
• HITECH Act Increases HIPAA Compliance Requirements for Group Health Plans
  The Oft-Ignored Tax Transaction Reinvigorated: Roth IRA Conversions - Now is the Time to Get Reacquainted
• IRS on Determination Letters, Interim Amendments and EPCRS
• Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act Guidance Issued

2008-2009 Handouts

Applying FICA Taxes to Nonqualified Deferred Compensation (10/13/08)
Revised Correction Program for Retirement Plans (11/10/08)
ASPA Pamphlet
Employee Stock Ownership Plans (1/12/2009)
Correction of Code 409A (2/09/09)
Military Related Statutes (3/09/09)
Recent Changes in Employee Benefits (4/13/09)
2009 Great Lakes Benefits Conference (5/11/09)