Business closures and curtailments due to the coronavirus pandemic have left many organizations and individuals struggling financially. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was enacted on March… Read more >
Kelli Kolsrud, CEBS
May 14, 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19), Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Defined Contribution (DC) Plans, Employee Benefits, RetirementCARES Act, Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act, Employee Benefits in a COVID-19 World Survey Report
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The coronavirus is a challenge unlike any most employers have faced. The pandemic has brought major changes to the workplace, including shifts to employees’ health care and retirement benefits. A… Read more >
Brenda Hofmann
May 11, 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Health Care, Prescription Drugs, RetirementCARES Act, coronavirus and the workplace, COVID-19, Employee Benefits in a COVID-19 World Survey Report, Families First Coronavirus Response Act
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The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Families First Act or FFCRA) and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, an Economic Security (CARES) Act have brought a wide range of changes to employee… Read more >
Brenda Hofmann
May 8, 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Health Care, Paid Time Off (PTO), RetirementCARES Act, coronavirus, Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act, COVID-19, Families First Coronavirus Response Act, FFCRA
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Pension and retirement security issues are a hot topic right now across Canada. There are seven consultations and bills we are anxiously watching both federally and in the provinces of… Read more >
Amanda Wilke, CEBS
March 10, 2020
Canada, Employee Benefits, Pensions, Retirementretirement security
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As my favorite TV character, Moira Rose proclaims, it’s my favorite season of all: awards season! Here in Wisconsin, we are in the midst of a very long and grey… Read more >
Stacy Van Alstyne, CEBS
February 6, 2020
Employee Benefits, Health Care, Retirement, Talking Benefits Podcast
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On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020, an appropriations law to fund certain federal agencies through September 30, 2020. This law included bipartisan… Read more >
Julie Stich, CEBS
January 27, 2020
Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Defined Contribution (DC) Plans, Employee Benefits, Retirement529 plans, automatic enrollment, MEPs, SECURE Act, Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act
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Many people plan their vacations with more detail than their retirement. But deciding to retire without planning can put a successful transition and a satisfying retirement at risk. Start your… Read more >
Jenny Lucey, CEBS
January 14, 2020
Employee Benefits, RetirementReady or Not: Your Retirement Planning Guide
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On November 20, 2019, Senators Chuck Grassley and Lamar Alexander released the Multiemployer Pension Recapitalization and Reform Plan proposal. The proposal was released in the form of a white paper… Read more >
Jenny Lucey, CEBS
November 26, 2019
Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, MPRA, Multiemployer, PBGC, Pensions, Retirementmultiemployer pension plans, Multiemployer Pension Recapitalization and Reform Plan
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As the old country song by Tammy Wynette demonstrates, what happens during a divorce can be tough to spell out. Divorce can be the source of great confusion for many,… Read more >
Amanda Wilke, CEBS
November 19, 2019
401(k) Plans, Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Defined Contribution (DC) Plans, Employee Benefits, Retirementemployee benefits and divorce, QDRO, Qualified Domestic Relations Order
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In October 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published proposed regulations regarding default electronic disclosures by retirement plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The… Read more >
Lois Gleason, CEBS
November 18, 2019
Communication, DOL, Employee Benefits, Regulatory, Retirementelectronic disclosures
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