
BenefitsLink® Health & Welfare Plans Newsletter for August 22, 2025
Aug 22, 2025 · However, once the Fifth Circuit issues its ruling, the QPA calculation methodology could drastically change and the plans and issuers should be ready for that eventuality." MORE >>
Article: Are Your Pension Benefits Safe from Creditors?
ERISA's anti-alienation protection will not protect benefits once they have been distributed outside of the retirement plan. In contrast to retirement plans, IRAs are maintained by individuals and are not …
DOL Guidance on Pension Benefit Statements
The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued Field Assistance Bulletin 2006-03 (December 20, 2006) to provide guidance on the new requirements for defined benefit and defined contribution plans to …
Spouse added FSA, I have HSA, what to do?
Jan 5, 2023 · Once the FSA is empty, restart the HSA contributions and I can then contribute up to the annual amount. I'm also seeing conflicting posts that say FSA coverage applies to the whole year …
Mistakenly Late Enrollment for Newborn Child
May 26, 2002 · I'm wondering if others can provide information on how their companies deal with a situation I am currently experiencing with my employer's health plan. The situation has resulted in the …
Qualification Letter - what is it, how to get one
May 22, 2023 · It's been a while since I've seen this one but we used to get it occasionally and often enough to added it to a form letter as one of the check the box entries. I don't recall ever getting any …
How do you handle 401 (K) Catch Up on the Payroll side?
Jan 12, 2023 · Then once an employee reaches 402g, the system needs to know to only use regular deferral to calculate the match. This route may be the best as it is just an admin coding change. 2. …
Can I rollover a non-qualified annuity to an IRA?
Feb 3, 2007 · Once owner is myself, I plan to withdraw the full-amount of the non-qualified annuity, and pay income tax on the interest earned. 2) Rollover the annuity to an IRA: We went to the local IRS …
ACA Requirements when employee moves from full time to part time
Apr 10, 2025 · Once the employee drops below 130 hours of service in a given calendar month, they lose full-time status. So the employer could drop the employee from coverage upon the first month …