Category Archives: Retirement Plans

The SECURE Act created much-needed change to the safe harbor non-elective contributions, making it more of a weapon to combat failed discrimination testing. Previously, a plan sponsor could only adopt the non-elective contribution prior to the Plan Year with a … Continue reading →

As a plan sponsor, you need to make sure that participant beneficiary forms are up to date. It’s not enough that you make sure that every participant has filled one out, you also have to make sure that they’re updated. … Continue reading →

I’m not a fan of annuities, especially in 401(k) plans. Yet, it seems that the insurance industry got their say with the addition of annuities in the SECURE Act. The SECURE Act includes three law additions that might expand the … Continue reading →

There are many choices in developing options for a 401(k) plan and certain features such as automatic enrollment and Roth 401(k) have only been law since 2006. 14 years later, it would not be surprising that the percentage of plans … Continue reading →

Shell Oil, along with Fidelity is the target of a class action 401(k) lawsuit. As typical with a suit against a large billion-dollar 401(k) plan, plaintiffs allege that Shell failed to use the multi-billion dollar 401(k) plan’s bargaining power to … Continue reading →

Without fail, every day I get emails that want to target one or more of my important online accounts. Whether it’s Amazon or my email, so online crook is trying to phish for me online access by trying to trick me. … Continue reading →

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When it comes to changes to your retirement plan, make sure your employees know changes in the law that affect them. Section 72(t) of the Internal Revenue Code provides that withdrawals from a qualified retirement plan are subject to a … Continue reading →

While everyone is talking about multiple employer plans as being changed by the SECURE Act, I think the biggest change that will affect 401(k) plan sponsors on day to day basis is the mandate that long term, part-time employees must … Continue reading →

Cerner Corporation is the latest 401(k) lawsuit target over its retirement plan, citing high fees and a breach of fiduciary duty. Cerner’s plan has over $2 billion in assets. Plaintiffs allege that Cerner breached its fiduciary duty by failing to … Continue reading →