Stoel Rives RSS Feed - Employee Benefits Alerts From the Stoel Rives Web Site http://www.stoel.com/showalert.aspx?show=2287 en-us Copyright 2010, Stoel Rives clientservices@stoel.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 9/7/2010 11:42:20 PM Employee Benefits Law Alert - Referendum 71: Employee Benefits and Family Leaves http://www.stoel.com/showalert.aspx?Show=6057 Washington's new domestic partnership law giving registered domestic partners all the rights and responsibilities of spouses under state law takes effect on December 3, 2009. Have you amended your policies accordingly? Read further to find out how ... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT December 31, 2008, Deadline to Bring Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Arrangements, Severance Pay Arrangements, Incentive Stock Options and Employment Agreements into Compliance with Section 409A and to Make Modifications to Time and Form of Payment http://www.stoel.com/showalert.aspx?Show=3214 Employers face a looming deadline to make sure that all plans, programs and arrangements that pay deferred compensation either comply with the final regulations under section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code or have been structured to be exempt from ... Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT Employee Benefits Law Alert: Extensive Transition Relief Under Internal Revenue Code Section 409A http://www.stoel.com/showalert.aspx?Show=2753 The Internal Revenue Service has provided additional time for nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements to comply with the final 409A regulations issued under section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. Notice 2007-86, issued October 22, 2003, extends ... Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT Employment Law Alert: Oregon's Sexual Orientation and Domestic Partnership Laws Take Effect January 1: Be Prepared http://www.stoel.com/showalert.aspx?Show=2746 Two important new Oregon civil rights laws will go into effect on January 1, 2008: the Oregon Equality Act, which prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation (including gender identity), and the Oregon Family Fairness Act, which establishes ... Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT Employee Benefits Law Alert: Limited Transition Relief Under Internal Revenue Code Section 409A http://www.stoel.com/showalert.aspx?Show=2626 The Internal Revenue Service provided limited relief from the requirement that all deferred compensation arrangements be amended to comply with section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the final 409A regulations by December 31, 2007. Notice 2007-78 ... Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT Employee Benefits Law Alert: Overview of Key Provisions of the Section 409A Final Regulations http://www.stoel.com/showalert.aspx?Show=2418 Click on a link below to jump to the topic of interest: Section 409A Overview Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Subject to Section 409A Equity Compensation Severance Pay Foreign Deferred Compensation Arrangements Initial Deferral Election ... Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT Employee Benefits Law Alert: Treasury and IRS Issue Final Regulations Regarding Deferred Compensation Plans http://www.stoel.com/showalert.aspx?Show=2288 On April 10, 2007, the Department of Treasury issued final regulations regarding the application of section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code ("Section 409A") to nonqualified deferred compensation plans and arrangements. The final regulations, which ... Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT Employee Benefits Law Alert: IRS Extends Transition Relief Under Section 409A Through 2007 http://www.stoel.com/showalert.aspx?Show=2324 Section 409A, which was added to the Internal Revenue Code in October 2004, imposes onerous penalties on nonqualified deferred compensation that fails to meet strict new rules. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has provided preliminary guidance regarding ... Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT Employee Benefits Law Alert: Severance Provisions in the Section 409A Proposed Regulations http://www.stoel.com/showalert.aspx?Show=2344 Section 409A, which was added to the Internal Revenue Code in October 2004, imposes onerous penalties on nonqualified deferred compensation that fails to meet strict new rules. Although Congress enacted Section 409A in response to well-publicized abuses ... Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT Employee Benefits Law Alert: New Bankruptcy Legislation Impacts Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation http://www.stoel.com/showalert.aspx?Show=2345 A new law, the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 ("Act"), enhances protection of retirement plan benefits in bankruptcy and provides new restrictions on the ability of employers to retain key employees while in ... Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT