Benefits Notes

AUGUST 9, 2022

Before the IRS released Notice 2022-33, retirement plans with a calendar year plan year and IRAs generally were required to amend their plan documents to reflect those law changes by December 31, 2022 (although governmental plans and collectively bargains plans were subject to a later deadline); now, that deadline generally is December 31, 2025.

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Employee Benefits

MAY 30, 2023

Whilst more than one in ten (13%) have either stopped or reduced the amount they pay into their pension due to rising costs, worryingly, almost three in ten (29%), admit they may consider stopping payments in the future, and a third (30%) may consider reducing future payments. 2025 UK adults aged 22+ in full time employment were surveyed.

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Employee Benefits

MARCH 4, 2024

Credit: Natata/Shutterstock Need to know: The abolition of the pensions lifetime allowance in April will require an overhaul of employee communications, and a revaluation of pension scheme design and administration, including opportunities to simplify the scheme and reduce the cost of running it.

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Employee Benefits

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. The bill, introduced in the House of Commons by Jonathan Gullis MP and taken through the House of Lords by Baroness Altmann, will see the age at which eligible workers must be automatically enrolled into a pension scheme lowered from 22 to 18. 2) Bill has received Royal Assent.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

AUGUST 29, 2024

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released a new revenue procedure that outlines how sponsors of defined benefit pension plans should request approval to use plan-specific substitute mortality tables for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2025.

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Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

JULY 11, 2022

On July 8, 2022, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“PBGC”) published its much anticipated final rule on the special financial assistance (“SFA”) available to certain troubled multiemployer plans under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”). The final rule maintained the IFR’s priority and metering process.

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Employee Benefits

MAY 2, 2024

The government has published statutory guidance setting out the staged timetable by which it expects pension schemes to connect to the Pensions Dashboards. The timetable is based on scheme size and type and will start with the largest schemes, which will be encouraged to connect by 30 April 2025.

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Employee Benefits

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Most of us spend the majority of our working life saving into our pension. However, all this hard work saving can quickly unravel for those who aren’t aware of common pension mistakes. WEALTH at work outlines below the top 10 pension mistakes individuals could make, to highlight what employees facing retirement may need support with.

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Employee Benefits

JANUARY 23, 2024

from January 2025. This is more than the initial offer for 2024 and 2025, which was 8.5% pay increase appeared first on Employee Benefits. They are stationed at Stanlow, Fawley, Valero, Grangemouth, Mossmorran Oil Refineries and Sellafield Nuclear Facility. The workers will receive an 11.3% respectively.

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Employee Benefits

MARCH 17, 2023

The Budget contained myriad measures impacting the reward and benefits industry, most notably around pensions, childcare, and both mental and occupational health. The abolition of the lifetime allowance was intended to encourage employees who had reached this limit to remain in, or return to, work.

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Employee Benefits

JUNE 12, 2024

Dutch software firm AFAS Software has announced that it will introduce a four-day working week for its employees as of 1 January 2025. Their employment conditions, such as their salary , pension, holiday pay and contracted eight working hours a day, will not be affected. It does not plan to recruit more people as a result.

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Employee Benefits

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

They will also receive another pay rise up to the percentage to be applied to the specific spine point in 1 March 2025. The national pay award is one aspect of the overall reward package for our staff, which also incorporates benefits, leave, pension and incremental progression. of their basic salary.

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Employee Benefits

AUGUST 21, 2024

The Living Wage Foundation considers the real cost of living to be £12 per hour and it is expected that, from possibly as early as April 2025, Labour will introduce a flat minimum rate of £12 per hour for everyone aged 18 and over. In return, the employer pays in each employee’s total pension contributions.

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Employee Benefits

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Research[1] by WEALTH at work found that 83% of employees are concerned that the cost of-living crisis will mean they will have to work longer before retiring and 33% think they won’t ever be able to afford to retire at all. WEALTH at work’s research showed that 13% of employees have reduced or stopped their pensions because of rising costs.

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Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The Revenue Procedure does specify a deadline for applying. Plan sponsors may also seek a determination letter following a plan merger.

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Empuls

JUNE 21, 2024

The research also revealed that up to 77% of workers with access to employer-sponsored benefits, chose to participate in the program, increasing the take-up rate. However, 71% of those working professionals under 40 do not know what happens to their benefits once they change jobs or leave before retirement.

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HR Professionals Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

As an HR professional, you might read that title and think, “Duh – aren’t all retirement plans focused on employees?” As pensions have gone by the wayside and 401(k) plans have gained more notoriety, employees have become increasingly more aware of their employer sponsored retirement plans, and the financial benefits they provide.

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Bayzat

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The calculations are based on the following: The number of working hours per year divided by the number of working hours in a full-time contract multiplied by 100, equal to the percentage on which the benefits are calculated. The percentage will then be multiplied by the value of the end-of-service benefit due for the full-time contract.

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McNees

JANUARY 13, 2023

Below is a high-level list of the provisions of the Act which are effective in 2023 and which may affect your plan: Welfare Benefit Plans. High Deductible Health Plans can continue to waive the deductible for any telehealth services for plan years beginning before January 1, 2025. Retirement Benefit Plans.

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Benefits Notes

MARCH 31, 2021

Many of the provisions in this sweeping legislation bring changes to the employee benefits world of which employers should take note and which are summarized below. The ARPA contains several new rules which impact COBRA benefits. Single Employer Pension Plan Provisions. Subsidized COBRA. Multiemployer Plan Provisions.

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